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Poulnabrone dolmen (Irish: Poll na Brón, lit. 'Hole of the Quernstone' [2]) is a large dolmen (or cromlech, [3] a type of single-chamber portal tomb) located in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland.
This is an outstanding book about an internationally significant monument, the portal tomb at Poulnabrone in the Burren of Co Clare. Poulnabrone is Ireland’s most thoroughly dated megalithic monument and it occupies a crucial role in helping us understand not only the early stages of the Neolithic period in Ireland, but also the chronology of th...
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".
18 Ιουν 2013 · The Neolithic portal tomb at Poulnabrone is one of Ireland's most iconic sites. Excavations at the tomb have given a remarkable insight into the lives of our early ancestors.
The site has had the benefit of a considerable quantity of radiocarbon dates and as the report states Poulnabrone is ‘by far the best-dated portal tomb in Ireland’ (p93).
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.
21 Σεπ 2015 · The immense capstone of Poulnabrone rests on five upright stones: two portal stones, two orthostats (upright stones), and an end stone. Archaeologists who have worked at the site since the first excavations in 1986 have concluded that Poulnabrone is a passage tomb.
