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capstone and north and south pillars form a chamber which is 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) long, and tapers eastwards due to the relative height of the supporting stones. These side stones are fixed directly on the limestone bedrock, and thus would have been no higher during the
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and cairn. All of the pieces are badly disintegrated and very small; according to archaeologist Anne
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of 28, but more likely around 36 people, were found buried within the monument. Although it was usually difficult—or impossible—to distinguish the remains of each individual, Lynch estimates that at least 17 were adolescent or younger, while there was roughly an equal amount of males and females.
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4,169 bones are identifiable to specific human bone types, while a further 486 are loose teeth. All but one of the identified adults were under the age of 30. They lived between 3800 and 3200 BC, and can be assumed to have been members of successive generations of a
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infant) were found buried underneath it. Also discovered were various stone and bone objects that would have been placed with the dead at the time of interment. The human remains and objects are estimated to have been buried intermittently during the 600-year period between 3800 and 3200 BC.
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of another individual contains the tip of a triangular stone projectile, which seems to have been shot from behind. Although the wound itself would not have been fatal because it did not heal, it is assumed that the person incurred other fatal injuries during the same incident.
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measuring c. 10 m (33 ft) in diameter. The site is east of the
Poulanine and Glensleade valleys, beyond which are the rocky Baur and Poulnabrucky hills. From about 54 m (177 ft) north-east of the site the land rises into rough and uneven rocky
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and physical condition of the remains indicated lives spent in hard physical labour, and a life span that ended before the age of 30. Only one individual seems to have survived the past 40 years. Wear on the chest and chest
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At the time of the first excavation, the dolmen was on private land. In order for it to be carried out, it was taken into the guardianship of the Irish state in 1986. The 1986 excavation focused on the chamber and
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sustained from the impact of a small blunt object. Because of the position of the wound towards the top of the head, it is more likely the result of a projectile rather than a fall, possibly from a
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village now stands. It is possible that the local settlers erected the dolmen to delimit the northern border of their territory, and later used for burials for successive generations.
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were found at the megalith. This is thought to be the earliest discovered case of Down
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During the excavations, the remains of around 33 people were found buried within the chamber. In addition, items such as pottery, a stone axe, jewelry made from bone and
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period, with estimates from 4200 BC to 2900 BC. Although not the largest, it is the best known of the approximately 172 dolmens in Ireland.
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318:View with karst limestone pavement in foreground
955:Visitor Facilities at Dolmen Site to be Reduced
935:Poulnabrone Dolmen Car Park: Traffic Management
1059:(video lecture). Burrenbeo Trust, 9 March 2022
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3248:National monuments in County Clare
2939:Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark
1094:, volume 17, No. 2, Summer, 2003.
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988:. Cork: The Collins Press, 2011.
3253:Tombs in the Republic of Ireland
1155:at the Irish Archaeology website
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438:. The priority was to raise the
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253:It was constructed on a unique
1516:List of multiple-stone circles
426:, Senior Archaeologist at the
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1126:Early Ireland: A Field Guide
1040:Journal of Irish Archaeology
813:Sheridan (2019–2020), p. 169
184:National monument of Ireland
1966:Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech
1936:Barreira Megalithic Complex
1434:Route of Megalithic Culture
621:Westropp, Thomas Johnson. "
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2286:Long Meg and Her Daughters
2084:Dolmen del prado de Lácara
1931:Great Dolmen of Zambujeiro
1511:List of five-stone circles
1485:La Gran'mère du Chimquière
1153:The History of Poulnabrone
592:"Poll na Brón/Poulnabrone"
579:National Monuments Service
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400:National Museum of Ireland
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3014:Parknabinnia (wedge tomb)
2704:St Lythans burial chamber
1987:Dolmens of North Caucasus
1881:Anta do Alto da Toupeira
1531:Ardristan standing stones
1080:, Volume 2, No. 3, 1988.
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1916:Anta da Pedra dos Mouros
1646:Templebryan Stone Circle
1546:Brennanstown Portal Tomb
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643:Cunningham (2011), p. 31
544:Tourism and preservation
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2954:Caherconnell Stone Fort
2905:The Burren and environs
2770:Concentric stone circle
2054:Chabola de la Hechicera
1921:Anta das Pedras Grandes
1911:Antas do Olival da Pêga
1571:Castlenalacht Stone Row
1404:Lancken-Granitz dolmens
1303:Dolmen de Mané-Kerioned
1149:at Clare County Library
979:The Prehistoric Pottery
924:Brindley (2014), p. 151
912:Brindley (2014), p. 147
799:Tesorieri (2014), p. 65
763:Tesorieri (2014), p. 61
659:De Valera (1961), p. 23
634:Lynch (2022), 5:20–6:46
3085:Dysert O'Dea Monastery
2810:Recumbent stone circle
2206:Burnmoor stone circles
2049:Antequera Dolmens Site
1997:Megaliths in the Urals
1424:Oldendorfer Totenstatt
1338:Locmariaquer megaliths
1288:Menhir de Champ-Dolent
1114:, volume 75, 2019–20.
725:Poulnabrone Collection
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3080:Dromore, County Clare
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2927:Ballyallaban ringfort
2664:Lligwy Burial Chamber
2316:Nine Stones, Altarnun
2120:Obelisk of Theodosius
2069:Dolmen of Guadalperal
1941:Dolmen of Cunha Baixa
1798:Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
1591:Gaulstown Portal Tomb
1581:Creevykeel Court Tomb
1005:De Valera, Ruaidhri.
527:Pottery and artifacts
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3048:Rest of County Clare
3034:Shanmuckinish Castle
2922:Ballinalacken Castle
2639:Carreg Coetan Arthur
2079:Dolmen de la Pastora
1946:Dolmen of Carapito I
1906:Anta do Monte Abraão
1536:Beltany stone circle
1368:Verziau of Gargantua
998:Cunningham, George.
834:Lynch (1988), p. 106
781:Lynch (1988), p. 107
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694:Carthy (2011), p 138
682:Carthy (2011), p 136
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2689:Parc Cwm long cairn
2599:Barclodiad y Gawres
1803:Xagħra Stone Circle
1601:Grange stone circle
1576:Castlestrange Stone
1092:Archaeology Ireland
1078:Archaeology Ireland
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3168:West Clare Railway
3117:Killaloe Cathedral
3060:Carrigaholt Castle
3029:Poulnabrone dolmen
2964:Cahermore ringfort
2874:Ennis and environs
2760:Axial stone circle
2528:Loanhead of Daviot
2523:Kirkton of Bourtie
2518:Easter Aquhorthies
2196:Brown Willy Cairns
2099:La Torre–La Janera
1926:Anta da Vidigueira
1891:Anta de Carcavelos
1866:Almendres Cromlech
1693:Megalithic Temples
1656:Uragh Stone Circle
1636:Poulnabrone dolmen
1439:Sieben Steinhäuser
1147:Poulnabrone dolmen
986:Burren Archaeology
940:2015-02-09 at the
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668:Grant (2010), p. 3
398:, loaned from the
392:Radiocarbon dating
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170:Public access
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2064:Dolmen de Axeitos
1956:Menhir of Outeiro
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1871:Anta de Adrenunes
1742:Qortin l-Imdawwar
1551:Brownshill dolmen
1470:Le Creux ès Faïes
1358:Tombeau de Merlin
1293:Dolmen de Bagneux
1273:Tumulus of Bougon
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953:Deegan, Gordon. "
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1961:Menhir of Bulhoa
1901:Antas da Valeira
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2659:Llanfechell
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1242:Beglik Tash
960:Irish Times
417:Excavations
371:trapezoidal
350:Description
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110:Portal tomb
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3232:Categories
3184:Burren Way
3163:Quin Abbey
3147:Lough Derg
3065:Castlebawn
3004:Hag's Head
2933:The Burren
2724:Whetstones
2709:Trefignath
2674:Maen Madoc
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2023:Runestones
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1757:Ta' Ħaġrat
1606:High cross
1566:Carrowmore
1490:Le Trépied
1444:Wotanstein
1219:Azerbaijan
1053:Lynch, Ann
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556:References
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333:Bronze Age
298:, meaning
271:Bronze Age
240:the Burren
139:1986, 1988
131:Site notes
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2868:, Ireland
2805:Stone row
2785:Harrespil
2669:Maen Llia
2513:Drybridge
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1727:Ħal Ġinwi
1722:Ħaġar Qim
1384:Altendorf
1348:Paddaghju
1343:Mane Braz
1323:Harrespil
1191:megaliths
1189:European
602:7 October
480:arthritis
471:pathology
424:Ann Lynch
259:limestone
248:Neolithic
162:Ownership
154:Condition
148:Ann Lynch
125:Neolithic
81:9°08′24″W
51:Kilcorney
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2912:Ailladie
2568:Sunhoney
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1859:Portugal
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1772:Tal-Qadi
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1495:La Varde
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1333:Kerzérho
1318:Gavrinis
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1268:Barnenez
1235:Bulgaria
1205:Metsamor
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1024:40661509
938:Archived
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341:Kilnaboy
329:terraces
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2548:Sheldon
2538:Pictish
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2346:Stannon
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1504:Ireland
1449:Züschen
1399:Harhoog
1377:Germany
1363:Tremeca
1198:Armenia
971:Sources
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463:minimum
290:is the
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116:History
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2790:Menhir
2775:Dolmen
2488:Carlin
2407:Corick
2326:Pipers
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561:Notes
538:paste
436:cairn
396:Ennis
386:cairn
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300:quern
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