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The Burren and Poulnabrone Dolmen
A lunar-looking limestone landscape with a 5,000-year-old portal tomb.
Free to enter about 1.5 h
For storytellers
Why The Burren and Poulnabrone Dolmen matters
The Burren looks like another planet: pale grey limestone pavement, cracked into slabs, with delicate wildflowers growing in the gaps. In the middle of it all stands Poulnabrone, a stone portal tomb thousands of years old. It is a remarkable place for geology, botany and archaeology.
Talking points
- Flowers from different climates grow side by side.
- The dolmen is thousands of years old.
- The landscape is unlike anywhere else in Ireland.
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Also nearby
Within about 40 km, closest first.