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Poulnabrone dolmen is an example of a portal tomb in the west of Ireland. Megalithic monuments in Ireland typically represent one of several types of megalithic tombs: court cairns, passage tombs, portal tombs and wedge tombs. [1] [2] The remains of over 1,000 such megalithic tombs have been recorded around Ireland. [3]
This is a list of megalithic monument on the island of Ireland. Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland , and include burial sites (including passage tombs , portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens) ) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows ).
Radiocarbon dating indicates that the tomb was probably used as a burial site between 3,800 and 3,200 BC. The findings are now at the Clare Museum, Ennis, loaned from the National Museum of Ireland. [8] [12] Poulnabrone is the largest Irish portal tomb after Brownshill Dolmen in County Carlow.
Brownshill Dolmen (Irish: Dolmain Chnoc an Bhrúnaigh) is a very large megalithic portal tomb situated 3 km east of Carlow, in County Carlow, Ireland. Its capstone weighs an estimated 150 metric tons, and is reputed to be the heaviest in Europe. [2] The tomb is listed as a National Monument. [3]
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Carrowkeel is a cluster of passage tombs in south County Sligo, Ireland.They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic era. [2] The monuments are on the Bricklieve Hills (An Bricshliabh, 'the speckled hills'), overlooking Lough Arrow, and are sometimes called the Bricklieve tombs. [3]
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