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16 Οκτ 2024 · Poulnabrone dolmen is a portal tomb – i.e. large capstones that are elevated at an angle and held up by standing stones. The slab-like tabular capstone is almost four metres in length, two to three metres wide and 30 centimetres thick.
Poulnabrone dolmen consists of a slab-like tabular capstone (or table-stone) supported by two pillar stones on either side which create a chamber that tapers eastwards. Two portal stones at its lower end mark the tomb's entrance.
Situated on one of the region's most desolate and highest points, it comprises three standing portal stones supporting a heavy horizontal capstone and dates to the early Neolithic period, with estimates from 4200 BC to 2900 BC. Map. Directions. Satellite.
13 Απρ 2017 · This particular Dolmen, or more correctly, Portal Tomb is situated in the centre of a low round cairn and is one of the most photographed megalithic monuments in Ireland. It is also one of the most visited with tour buses arriving regularly all year round.
Portal Tomb. Poulnabrone is classified as a portal tomb. Portal tombs have two large portal stones standing on either side of an entrance capped with a massive sloping capstone.
30 Αυγ 2015 · 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 Sorrows".
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 BC. It is situated 8km (5 miles) south of Ballyvaughan in the parish of Carran, 9.6km (6 miles) north-west of Kilnaboy.
