Neolithic Teleport - Portal Tomb in The Burren

by Tony Crehan

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Neolithic Teleport - Portal Tomb in The Burren

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Tony Crehan

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Poulnabrone Dolmen, or Portal Tomb in the Burren, County Clare is probably the most photographed ancient monument in Ireland but I had to have my own capture for my collection.

This tomb was in use during the Neolithic and radiocarbon dates place its use between 3,800 - 3,600 BC. The remains of 30 individuals have been found in archeological excavation of the tomb.

The burial chamber was 25 cm deep. The portal tomb, is made up of a large single capstone that rests on two portal stones, two more orthostats, and an end stone. The portal stones are each 1.8 m tall. The entrance of the dolmen faces to the North. A sill stone crosses the front of the entrance, and might have extended all the way up to the cap stone, thus sealing the tomb. The capstone is 12 ft by 7 ft and angles from the portals down to the rear. The chamber was 8 ft by 4 ft in size.


The dolmen stands above the karst limestone pavement of clints (blocks) and grykes (crevices), the distinctive landscape of The Burren, that results from eons of water erosion through the limestone.

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December 20th, 2015

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