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Poulnabrone dolmen (Irish: Poll na Brón, lit. 'Hole of the Quernstone' [ 2 ] ) is a large dolmen (or cromlech, [ 3 ] a type of single-chamber portal tomb) located in the Burren , County Clare , Ireland.
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]
Poulnabrone dolmen, the Burren, County Clare, Ireland Dolmens in Amadalavalasa, Andhra Pradesh, India. A dolmen (/ ˈ d ɒ l m ɛ n /) or portal tomb is a type of ...
Lynch studied at University College Cork. She has led excavations on a number of major national monuments, including Poulnabrone dolmen (1986 & 1988), [ 2 ] Newgrange (1980s), [ 3 ] Skellig Michael (from the mid-1980s), [ 4 ] Dublin Castle (1985), [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and Moor Abbey , County Tipperary (2019).
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 ).
The smaller, south-western chamber has portal stones of 1 m height. The roof stone with a length of 1.9 m is partly dislodged. [5] [10] The sill stone between the portal stones has a rectangular piece missing, a feature that is shared with the portal tombs of Poulnabrone, Ballybrittas, and Tawnatruffaun. Most of the stones are from grey granite ...
Poulnabrone Dolmen is a portal tomb, dating back to the Neolithic period, and situated 9.6 km (6.0 mi) north-west of the village of Kilnaboy. [5] Kilcorney Church lies south of the present day road. No information is extant about its founding. There are references to a St Coirné, but no saint of this name is known.
Poulnabrone dolmen, a portal tomb in The Burren. Labbacallee wedge tomb. ... The prehistoric archaeology of Ireland. Galway: Galway University Press. hdl:10379/1357.