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Port-hole
For Port-hole we have a term and definition in Archaeology.
Port-hole (Archaeology) 
Circular hole, often in entrance stone to chambered tomb, or made by semi-circular holes in facing contiguous stones. Also in orthostats and capstones Some writers refer to the hole of the spirit to indicate the symbolic function of the port-hole through which the soul of the dead could come and go
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