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Poulnabrone Dolmen

James M Thomas

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June 1st, 2015 - 01:12 AM

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Poulnabrone Dolmen

Poulnabrone dolmen (Poll na mBrón in Irish, meaning "hole of the quern stones" (bró in Irish)) is a portal tomb in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland, dating back to the Neolithic period, probably between 4200 BC and 2900 BC. The tomb is located in a rocky field in the townland of Poulnabrone, parish of Kilcorney, close to the R480 road, south of Ballyvaughan in County Clare.

The dolmen consists of a twelve-foot, thin, slab-like, tabular capstone supported by two slender portal stones, which support the capstone 6 ft from the ground, creating a chamber in a 30 ft low cairn. The cairn helped stabilize the tomb chamber, and would have been no higher during the Neolithic period. The entrance faces north and is crossed by a low sill stone.

Excavations have found that between 16 and 22 adults and six children were buried under the monument. Personal items buried with the dead included a polished stone axe, a bone pendant, quartz crystals, weapons and pottery.

"Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt. Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever."
-- Daniel 12:2-3 NASB

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