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Poulnabrone dolmen in Co. Clare, Ireland.

Poulnabrone dolmen is a portal tomb, located in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland.

$Poulnabrone dolmen (Poll na Brón in Irish is an unusually large dolmen or portal tomb located in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland. Situated on one of the most desolate and highest points of the region, it comprises three standing portal stones supporting a heavy horizontal capstone, and dates to the Neolithic period, probably between 4200 BC and 2900 BC. It is the best known and most widely photographed of the approximately 172 dolmens in Ireland. \nThe karst setting has been formed from limestone laid down around 350 million years ago. The dolmen was built by Neolithic farmers, who chose the location either for ritual, as a territorial marker, or as a collective burial site. What remains today is only the \$

5 000 years old Polnabrone Dolmen in Burren, Co. Clare - Ireland

A golden light and starry night in county Clare.

Poulnabrone dolmen Portal Tomb at The Burren National Park in County Clare, Ireland. It dates back to the Neolithic period, probably between 4200 BC and 2900 BC.

Poulnabrone Dolmen. A portal tomb found in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland

Starry Night Over the Spectacular landscape of the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland. Exposed karst limestone bedrock at the Burren National Park

Poulnabrone Dolmen in Ireland, Uk. in Burren, county Clare. Period of the Neolithic with spectacular landscape. Exposed karst limestone bedrock at the Burren National Park. Rough Irish nature

Ancient portal dolmen, megalithic tomb, The Burren, Country Clare, Republic of Ireland.

Neolithic monument in Cornwall. This prehistoric capstone held up by standing stones was a tome in West Penwith.

Poulnabrone Dolmen. The Dolmen of Poulnabrone is located in County Clare, Republic of Ireland.

Kilclooney Dolmen is a Neolithic portal tomb located in County Donegal, Ireland. It is one of the finest examples of a portal tomb in Ireland and is estimated to be around 4000 to 4500 years old. The dolmen consists of a large capstone supported by three upright stones, creating a chamber that would have been used for burial purposes.

Close up of single-chamber Poulnabrone dolmen in karst-glaciokarst landscape (Burren), County Clare, Ireland from early Neolithic period (from 3800 and 3200 BC)

Spectacular landscape of the Burren region of County Clare, Ireland. Exposed karst limestone bedrock at the Burren National Park

Poulnabrone dolmen, neolithic portal tomb

Poulnabrone dolmen, ancient stone formation in The Burren National Park, County Clare

Knockbrack tomb Galway Ireland Aerial view

A detail of a classic dry stone wall along a country road in Ireland.

Reconstructed doorway of a bishops farm in the Norsemen settlement Gardar in the arctic summer in Igaliku in the south western part of Greenland. The Norsemen left the place in the beginning of the 15th century and the modern excavations are today a public park in the small village

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