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Poulnabrone is a portal tomb in the region known as the Burren, County Clare, Ireland and the oldest dated megalithic monument in the land. The name means "Hole of the Quern Stones", but the site is also commonly referred to as "Hole of the...

Poulnabrone is a dolmen in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland dating to 4200 BCE.

The Portal Tomb of Poulnabrone, County Clare, Ireland.

Poulnabrone Dolmen, County Clare, Ireland. Poulnabrone Dolmen (Poll na mBrón in Irish meaning "hole of sorrows") is a portal tomb in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland, dating back to the Neolithic period, probably between 4200 BC to 2900...

County Clare, Ireland, is best known for the Cliffs of Moher, the ancient dolmen of Poulnabrone, and its rich musical heritage, but it offers many other fascinating sites and, most importantly, the hospitality and warmth of the people in...

Poulnabrone is a dolmen in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland dating to 4200 BCE.

The Neolithic dolmen of Poulnabrone amidst the karst landscape of the Burren, County Clare, Ireland.

The Poulnabrone Portal Tomb is one of the oldest Neolithic memorials to human history in the Burren, a moonlike limestone landscape situated in Ballyallaban, Baile Alboin, in midwestern Ireland.

Ireland is an island country located in the North Atlantic, bounded by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St. George's Channel. It is known as Eire in the Gaelic language, which comes from the old Irish Eriu, the name of a daughter of...

Humans arrived in the region now known as Ireland c. 7000-6500 BCE at modern-day Coleraine in the north, establishing communities and gradually moving southwards. Hunter-gatherers eventually adopted an agrarian lifestyle as evidenced by the...