Poulnabrone

Poulnabrone
Type:	Dolmen
Country:	Eire
County:	Clare
Grid Ref:	M236004
Latitude:	53.048843
Longitude:	-9.139346
Accuracy:	to 70m (NGR derived)
Datum:	WGS84
OS Map:	OSI Discovery sheet 51, Clare, Galway
Date:	June 2000
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View in Google Earth:	KML file

nearby sites
Knockaroura	Alignment, 27.5km, R423803

The Burren in Ireland is made of limestone, and this naturally fissures into thin slabs which are ideal dolmen material. The Burren itself rich in megalithic sites, including wedge-tombs (dolmens). Poulnabrone is probably the best-known, with a steady stream of tour buses bringing sightseers in droves. It is testimony to the limestones that visitors, inspired by the megalithic form,  have constructed mini-dolmens a few inches high all around the site from loose rock!