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Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Wednesday, 07 October 2020  Page Views: 25111

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Poulnabrone
Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Clare Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Town: Ennis  Nearest Village: Poulnabrone
Map Ref: M2359500356
Discovery Map Number: D51
Latitude: 53.048697N  Longitude: 9.14004W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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kith visited on 16th Oct 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5

Jansold visited on 10th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

jeffrep visited on 17th Apr 2008 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

SteveC visited on 13th Sep 2003 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Great atmosphere among the fabulous Burren landscape. Rope ring around the dolmen.

TysonM visited on 4th May 0002 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5

escale1 visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5

Runemage visited - their rating: Amb: 5 Access: 4 Situated in the Burren region on the unusual geological Limestone Pavement, exposed rock with its own micro-climate in the cracks - called grykes - for flora and fauna, Poulnabrone Dolmen, made from the same stone, almost blends into its surroundings. It's so much larger in reality than it looks in images, I could stand inside it easily. When I visited, the access was unlimited and the landowner sat in a car nearby with a bucket beside it with a handmade sign asking for a donation of 1 Punt per person.

Macha visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.88 Ambience: 4.44 Access: 4.25

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Poulnabrone submitted by SteveC : Poulnabrone Dolmen September sunset (Photo competition) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Portal Tomb in Co. Clare. Next to the carved stones at Newgrange, this is the most-photographed megalith in Ireland. It is a fine tomb set on the limestone pavement to the east of the road from Killinaboy to Ballyvaughan, in the centre of a low round cairn.

The entrance faces north and is marked by a low sill-stone. The thin roofslab,lifted to a height of 1.8 metres by imposing slab-like portal-stones, is tilted at the usual portal-tomb angle.

~ 1 km NNE is Cahercashlaun cliff-fort, a roughly-oval ‘cashel’ containing a souterrain, and an outer defensive wall on the NE side. The entrance is a natural cleft in the limestone, and was originally roofed with slabs.
~ 1.6 km NNW is a wedge-tomb in Gleninsheen – a small, box-like tomb resembling a stone kist whose E end is now open. Remains of two other wedge-tombs stand nearby.

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Poulnabrone submitted by KenWilliams : The cracks and grykes surrounding the tomb can form very unusual and interesting shapes (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Poulnabrone submitted by KenWilliams : The sun breaks the heavy cloud bank for a few seconds, late evening 9/3/06. I usually avoid large burned out areas on a photo but the ones where this was more controlled didn't have as much atmosphere. The broken stone in front of the tomb is actually the original east portal stone (which was removed due to deterioration during excavations and replaced). (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Poulnabrone submitted by TysonM : The sun popped out just in time for the last exposure at wonderful Poulnabrone. This image wouldn't have worked as well with my B&W film. Good thing I brought color film along with me, eh.. (9 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Poulnabrone submitted by TysonM : Here's another angle of Poulnabrone at sunset. (Fuji Velvia, ISO 50 Pentax 6x7) (5 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Poulnabrone submitted by kenwilliams : Sunset on 6th November 2005 (1 comment)

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Poulnabrone submitted by KenWilliams : That wonderful moment when the sun comes out after a heavy downpour. If you stand in the rain long enough... (6 comments)

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Poulnabrone submitted by Flickr : d1002277 Poulnabrone Dolmen oder The Hole of Sorrows (das Loch der Sorgen). Jungsteinzeitliches Megalithgrab (portal tomb), errichtet vermutlich 3800 Image copyright: m-klueber.de, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Poulnabrone Portal Tomb submitted by Johnny : Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, Co. Clare (M236003). (2 comments)

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Poulnabrone submitted by GaelicLaird : Sometimes beautiful places can be spoilt by their own popularity. I was fortunate to visit on a quiet day and able to appreciate the magnificence of this special site. Photo taken June 2021. (2 comments)

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Poulnabrone submitted by KenWilliams : By the light of the near-full moon, Thursday 2/11/06. (4 comments)

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Poulnabrone submitted by groovyearthwisps : Twilight at Poulnabrone, 10th July 2006. (2 comments)

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Poulnabrone submitted by TysonM : Poulnabrone is a spectacular portal tomb. It is surrounded by a beautifully desolate landscape, which makes a splendid backdrop for this powerful megalithic sight. (4 comments)

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Poulnabrone Portal Dolmen submitted by Johnny : Poulnabrone Portal Tomb, Co. Clare (M236003): Situated in the spectacular stark scenery of the limestone uplands of the Burren, the sleek appearance of the dolmen at Poulnabrone (due to the nature of the locally available limestone slabs) makes it an especially fine and attractive example of a portal dolmen. In 1986 excavations at Poulnabrone unearthed the bones of 14 adults and 6 children, pie...

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Poulnabrone submitted by GaelicLaird : Photo taken June 2021. (2 comments)

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Poulnabrone submitted by jeffrep : Poulnabrone Dolmen in The Burren, County Clare, Ireland.

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Poulnabrone submitted by KenWilliams : Limestone pavement and tomb under an ominous sky.

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Poulnabrone submitted by kenwilliams : The sun peeks above the horizon, just before 8am 7th November 2005. (2 comments)

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Poulnabrone submitted by KenWilliams : A colour photo that seemed to work much better in B&W, though you cant see the nice red glow of the stones during sunset. (1 comment)

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Poulnabrone submitted by enkidu41 : M 236003 An imposing portal tomb set in a bleak limestone pavement. The thin capstone measures 12' x 7' and is raised to a height of almost 6' by portal slabs. [This is the most accessible of all The Burren's tombs - being alongside a main road - so do get there early to avoid all the coachloads of tourists!]

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Poulnabrone submitted by enkidu41 (1 comment)

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Poulnabrone submitted by Orcinus : Two archaeologists on tour, 2003

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Poulnabrone submitted by Flickr : _MG_5980.jpg 2 Poulnabrone Dolmen on a starry night Image copyright: sandylodge50 L.I.P.F ( Ann ) (Ann L.I.P.F), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Poulnabrone submitted by Flickr : Poulnabrone dolmen the Burren, County Clare, Ireland. Poulnabrone Dolmen (Poll na mBrón in Irish meaning "hole of the quern stones"is a portal tomb in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland.The dolmen consists of a twelve-foot, thin, slab-like, tabular capstone supported by two slender portal stones, which lift the capstone 1.8 m (6 ft) from the ground, creating a chamber in a 9 m (30 ft) low cairn. T...

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The Woman of the Burren by Runemage on Thursday, 30 September 2021
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Technology and research offers unrivalled picture of Clare's earliest farmers.

DNA research is revealing new information about prehistoric people in Ireland, as explained in arecent documentary on the Burren. Here, Clodagh Finn explains how cutting-edge technology coupled with archaeological research offers an unrivalled picture of the earliest farmers in Co Clare

IF SHE were alive today, the Woman of the Burren — let us call her that after the place she was found — would look most like a woman from modern-day Sardinia. Analysis of her DNA tells us that. The same scientific data suggests that she wasn’t very tall, genetically speaking at least, but she was certainly strong and exceptionally healthy.

Her bones confirm that she lived to be at least 55 years old, several decades more than the average woman could expect to survive in the fourth millennium BC.

This robust elder also had a remarkable story to tell because she was among the first wave of farmers who swept into Ireland almost 6,000 years ago. They brought with them agricultural techniques and a tradition of building conspicuous monuments for their dead. Sometime after they arrived in Co Clare, most likely from northern France or Britain, they built a tomb that still looks imposing in the dramatic landscape of the Burren.

Poulnabrone portal tomb, as we have called it, is one of the most photographed archaeological sites in Ireland today — a symbol of an ancient past that is so often embroidered with myth and supposition. Yet, we know what really happened at this singular place. It is now possible to capture a snapshot of Ireland’s earliest farmers going about their daily business, thanks to the enlightening work of archaeologists and genetic researchers.

We can say, for example, that the Woman of the Burren looked nothing like the Irish population alive today.

“If you want an idea of what this person would have been like, look at modern-day Sardinians,” says Dr Lara Cassidy, a genetic researcher at Trinity College Dublin.

“[They] are not completely the same, but genetically they are the most similar alive today.”

We can also say that this woman from the early Neolithic (or New Stone Age) was one of the first farmers who came in a mass migration of people into Ireland almost 6,000 years ago. For decades, opinion was divided on how agriculture got here, but now there is evidence for significant movement into Ireland.

It’s interesting to recall the earliest Irish origin legends that traced the history of Ireland back to a series of “ancient invasions”. The word “invasion” is too blunt, perhaps, as there is evidence that some of the newcomers mixed with those already here, yet there was conflict too, as excavations carried out under Dr Ann Lynch at Poulnabrone have shown.

Analysis of bones, carried out by archaeologists Barra O’Donnabhain and Dr Mara Tesorieri (who herself has Sardinian connections), opened an unrivalled window into life and death in the fourth millennium BC. One of those buried with the Woman of the Burren was struck from behind with such force that the tip of a projectile lodged in his or her hip. It’s not possible to say if the victim was male or female but the weapon, made of chert, penetrated the bone. The person died shortly afterwards, although probably not from this injury.

In any case, a new understanding of those interactions, violent or otherwise, is now emerging thanks to pioneering technology that is coaxing information from ancient DNA in a way that was never thought possible. Dr Cassidy is a member of a team of geneticists from Trinity College Dublin who, with collaboration from Queen’s University Belfast, the National Museum of Ireland and a number of Irish archaeologists, have succeeded in analysing DNA taken from prehistoric bones.

In 2015, for instance, a study of a 5,200-year-old female farmer from Ballynahatty, near Belfast, showed her ancestors came from

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DNA from ancient Irish tombs reveals Down's Syndrome, incest and an elite class by Andy B on Wednesday, 07 October 2020
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A research team at Trinity College found evidence of Down's Syndrome in the remains of a baby thought to be 6,000 years old.

An Irish geneticist who uncovered the oldest case of Down Syndrome in the world at a Megalithic tomb in Ireland said that her discovery offered "a little glimpse" into Ireland's ancient past.

Dr. Lara Cassidy, an ancient geneticist at Trinity College in Dublin, led a team that discovered the remains of a six-month-old baby at Poulnabrone, a megalithic tomb in the Burren in County Clare.

It was at this ancient site that Cassidy and her team made an incredible discovery - finding evidence of a little boy whose remains were found at the site.

Speaking to Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ Radio One, Cassidy said that the discovery was unexpected.

"One of the individuals – a little boy actually – we found out he had three copies of Chromosome 21. So, he would have had Down syndrome. And, yeah, that was unexpected and quite a moving little glimpse into the world of somebody with a disability in the very, very deep past," Cassidy said.

The research team puts the discovery at between 4,000 and 6,000 years old, making it the oldest known case of Down's Syndrome in the world.

Cassidy and explained how she and her team of Trinity College researchers isolated DNA from bone fragments found at the ancient site.

"What we do, basically, is we powderise that [the petrous temporal bone in the inner ear] and we put the powder in solution and try to isolate DNA from it. And if you’re lucky, some of that DNA is going to be coming from the ancient individual in question and not bacteria in the environment."

Cassidy was the lead author of a research paper published in the National Scientific Journal in June, which argued that the infant was breastfed and well taken care of.

Furthermore, his skull and eyes were a distinctive size and shape consistent with children with Down's Syndrome. The child died at the age of six months, according to the research paper.

The research team also found evidence of first-degree incest at the more famous megalithic structure at Newgrange in County Meath.

"We could actually tell that his parents were either full siblings or parent and child. So, he was the son of first-degree incest," Cassidy told Tubridy.

She explained that, while incest is taboo now and has been taboo throughout human history, royals at elites would have interbred to keep power within a particular kin group.

Elites often used incest to separate themselves from the general public, legitimize their power and intensify hierarchy, Cassidy said in June's research paper.

More at Irish Central
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/ancient-irish-dna-incredible-secrets-down-syndrome

Other articles
Ancient Irish DNA reveals incredible secrets, including Down Syndrome
https://archaeology-world.com/ancient-irish-dna-reveals-incredible-secrets-including-down-syndrome/

DNA study reveals Ireland's age of 'god-kings'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-53059527

DNA from ancient Irish tomb reveals incest and an elite class that ruled early farmers
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/dna-ancient-irish-tomb-reveals-incest-and-elite-class-ruled-early-farmers

The paper, not Open Access unfortunately, is here
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2378-6
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Re: Poulnabrone by ModernExplorers on Thursday, 19 December 2019
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We filmed here on our megalithic tour of Ireland in 2019 if you would like to see some footage of the site

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Re: Poulnabrone by Andy B on Monday, 07 May 2018
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National Monuments Service:
Class Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Townland POULNABRONE
SMR No. CL009-034001-
Description Situated on bare limestone pavement within sight of the main N-S routeway through the high Burren region and c. 7.5km S of Ballyvaughan village. The portal tomb at Poulnabrone (Poll na Brón or ‘hollow of the millstone’), perhaps one of Ireland’s best-known megalithic tombs, is one of some 184 portal tombs whose distribution is concentrated in the N third of the country and in the SE counties of Leinster. Poulnabrone comprises a single rectilinear chamber (aligned NNE-SSW; L 2.8m; Wth 1.2m between the portals, c. 1.4m across the centre narrowing again to 1.1m at the backstone) with an entrance defined by two tall portal stones. The portal stones were set with their long axes parallel to the chamber. The E portal is a blocky pillar stone (H 1.75m; L 0.63m; T 0.25m) which was replaced following excavation as it had a number of horizontal and vertical cracks. The W portal stone (H 1.43m; L 1.2m; T 0.07-0.2m) narrows towards the base. A transverse slab or sillstone (L 0.87m; T 0.09-0.12m) is set on edge between the portals and the back of the chamber is formed by a backstone (L 2.1m; H 0.43m; T 0.2-0.35m). The W side is formed by a single sidestone (L 1.62m; max. H 0.38m; T 0.13m), leaning inwards at an angle of 70 degrees. The E side is defined by two sidestones. The N one (H 1.28m; L 1.3m; T 0.13-0.2m) leans inwards slightly and the S one (max. H 0.8m; L 1.1-1.2m; T 0.05-0.12m), also leaning slightly inwards, is set outside the N one and overlapping it by 0.2m. A large trapezoidal roofstone (L 3.7m; Wth 2.85m over the entrance narrowing to 1.55m at the rear) oversails the entrance and slopes downwards towards the backstone. It comprises a complete clint block prised from the surrounding pavement. Partially overlying the backstone and resting on the cairn is a large flat slab (L 1.8m N-S; Wth 1.75m; T c. 0.15-0.23m) which is likely to have served as a subsidiary roofstone. The tomb is surrounded by a low mound or cairn, roughly oval in shape (c. 10.5m N-S; max. 8.6m E-W; H 0.7-0.9m). The chamber and sections of the surrounding cairn were excavated in 1986-8 (licence no. E000351) as part of a major conservation project (Lynch 2014, 1). The excavation revealed that the orthostats of the chamber sit directly on the limestone pavement, with the single large roofstone helping to hold them in position. The surrounding low cairn of stones (of simple construction, comprising limestone slabs and smaller stones with no formal kerb) provided lateral support and a low sillstone marked the entrance to the chamber. It is unclear if the small, cist-like feature (referred to as a portico) constructed at the entrance to the chamber is an original feature or a later Bronze Age construction. At least 0.25m of calcareous soil covered the area at the time the tomb was built. The commingled unburnt remains of at least 35 individuals were recovered from the chamber, ranging in date from c. 3800 cal BC to c. 3200 cal BC. The earliest burials are likely to date to the time of the construction of the tomb which would place it at the very beginning of the Irish Neolithic. Successive interment of complete bodies appears to have been the burial rite practised, with subsequent displacement, removal and manipulation of the bones accounting for the disarticulation and jumbled state of the remains. Both male and female and all age groups are represented in the assemblage. A foetus of middle Bronze Age date was recovered from the portico. Analysis of the remains suggested a wholly terrestrial diet with limited consumption of animal protein and, with one exception, all individuals appear to have originated in the carboniferous limestone region of the Burren. A number of animal bones (including cattle, sheep, goat and pig) were intermingled with the human remains. A total of 42 artefacts and c. 126 pottery sherds were recovered, primarily from the chamber deposits. The stone artefacts include two stone beads

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Poulnabrone Street View by Runemage on Friday, 04 May 2018
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Really hard to spot from the road.

If you maximise the magnification and squint a bit, you can see this dolmen's distinctive shape in front of the modern grey barn.

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Re: Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen by Aluta on Saturday, 09 July 2011
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This is brilliant: Poulnabrone Bouncy Dolmen.

But now we want a bouncy Stonehenge!
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Re: Poulnabrone by aurelien on Friday, 28 May 2010
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lovelly site. but i agree with everyone on the point that, anyone can visit, but busload of uninterested tourists should just keep driving to the cliffs of moher, where they can spend there euros aplenty.
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Re: Poulnabrone by Anonymous on Friday, 09 April 2010
I got to go there in early March, when we were the only ones there.
It was fantastic! The rope is around it and there are guards there, because there are morons in this world who have to write their names on everything they see. This beautiful structure wouldn't be there if not for someone being there to keep an eye out.
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Re: Poulnabrone by AngieLake on Monday, 07 November 2005
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You are right Ken - it IS a beautiful dolmen/portal tomb/whatever, and how anyone can pass by it without a feeling of awe is beyond me.
Is there a rope around it now? How awful. When I visited in 1999 and 2001 you could go right inside it, and I even dowsed a fascinating and unusual (unique!) ritual (for equinox?) movement route there - so I'm glad I had that opportunity then. It WAS terribly over-run with visitors, but shortly after I left the site (in 2001), and got into my car to draw up some plans, I noticed they'd all gone - why? - it was lunchtime!
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Re: Poulnabrone by KenWilliams on Monday, 07 November 2005
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Poulnabrone may be another victim of the 'pop megalithic' syndrome wherby its immense popularity, ease of access, enormity of photographs and visitors means that it is so often belittled and dismissed. Probably the same phenomenon that causes an underground band to become instantly unpopular as soon as they get mainstream attention. Poulnabrone is a masterpiece of its kind, the design and engineering are superlative and if it were not for the rope surrounding it would be perfect. If this was discovered today or even if it were located miles from the nearest track it would get the proper respect and admiration it deserves. Get here very early or very late to avoid the embarrasingly uninformed tour guides and uninterested tour guests.
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Re: Poulnabrone by enkidu41 on Wednesday, 26 May 2004
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Whilst this is an imposing tomb, for me it, and the whole area around it, is soulless. The Duchas seem to have no clue whatsoever about how to present and preserve their antiquities (they could even learn something from English Heritage which just shows you how bad they really are!). There is considerably more ambience at Glenlisheen 2 km up the road which is set in the same sort of limestone pavement area but which is by no means as imposing. For me the ambience rating of Poulnabrone is 1.
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Re: Poulnabrone by Cloghmore on Tuesday, 27 August 2002
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The area around the dolmen has been recently acquired by Duchas (The Heritage Service). Previously there had been many small modern replicas surrounding the monument but these have now been cleared.
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