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'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. Situated on one of the region's most desolate and highest points, it comprises three standing portal stones supporting a heavy horizontal capstone and dates to the early Neolithic period, with ...
The Burren (/ ˈ b ʌr ə n / BURR-ən; Irish: Boirinn, meaning 'rocky district') [1] is a karst/glaciokarst landscape centred in County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland. [2] It measures around 530 square kilometres (200 sq mi), within the circle made by the villages of Lisdoonvarna, Corofin, Gort and Kinvara. [3]
Burren National Park (Irish: Páirc Náisiúnta Bhoirne) [2] is one of eight national parks in Ireland managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. It covers a small part of the Burren, a karst landscape in County Clare on the west coast. [3] [4] [5] Burren National Park was founded and opened to the public in 1991. [6]
Major activity centres include the Burren Outdoor Education Centre, the Burren Centre and the Boghill Centre. The Burren Outdoor Education Centre is a particularly active partner of the geopark. Major accommodation providers are also engaged, with a network of local hospitality providers, hotels, bed-and-breakfast establishments and at least ...
Burren can refer to: The Burren, an area dominated by karst landscape, in County Clare, Ireland; Burren National Park, the national park in County Clare, Ireland; Burren (barony), an historical administrative division of County Clare, Ireland; Burren (townland), a townland in County Cavan, Ireland; Burren, County Down, a village in Northern Ireland
[6] [7] [8] Quizlet's blog, written mostly by Andrew in the earlier days of the company, claims it had reached 50,000 registered users in 252 days online. [9] In the following two years, Quizlet reached its 1,000,000th registered user. [10] Until 2011, Quizlet shared staff and financial resources with the Collectors Weekly website. [11]
The earliest evidence for life on Earth includes: 3.8 billion-year-old biogenic hematite in a banded iron formation of the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in Canada; [30] graphite in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks in western Greenland; [31] and microbial mat fossils in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone in Western Australia.
The Burren Way (Irish: Slí Bhoirne) [2] is a long-distance trail in County Clare, Ireland. It is 114 kilometres (71 miles) long, begins in Lahinch and ends in Corofin , crossing The Burren , one of the largest karst limestone landscapes in Europe.