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The Dolmen Poulnabrone

Poulnabrone The Dolmen is a portal tomb located in the beautiful Burren, the rugged karst area of \u200b\u200bCounty Clare in western Ireland. It is probably the dolmen known and most photographed of the island. The large capstone rises to about 1.8 meters high on the limestone pavement of the Burren, supported by impressive side stones.

Who is buried beneath the dolmen? Most likely this is a prominent person among the tribes of the Neolithic farmers who lived in the area and his family clan.

Radiocarbon dating of bones found in Poulnabroune, places them as dating from a period between 3800 BC and 3200 BC. Poulnabroune The name literally means "Well of Grief" in Irish Gaelic.

Excavations in 1986 and 1988 have brought to light many interesting findings, as well as allowing a restructuring of the dolmen, now protected by a small fence.

The burial chamber is about 25 cm deep. The dolmen consists of a single large slab of stone resting on two large monoliths that serve as load-bearing columns, complemented by two other major orthostats reinforcement. The monument is about 1.80 m high, with the entrance facing north. A stone cross as a large ledge in front of the entrance, and may be only part of a larger plate that maybe one time sealed the tomb. The dolmen

always stands with its unique profile of the plain karst of the Burren.

A Poulnabroune were found the remains of 22 people: Sixteen adults, six children and a baby. The bodies were not cremated, and Solta one of the adults had spent 40 years of age. Most of the children ranged from five to fifteen years. Many skeletons showed signs of arthritis, fractures healed well and more or less levels of tooth wear is such as to suggest a possible use of millstones for cereals. One of the skeletons had, set in a hip, a bit of flint, which suggests a violent death.
Before being deposed, the skeletons were stripped to the bone, probably by boiling.