On the very same day we visited Cliffs of Moher we hit the Burren to see some of its ancient monuments - the most known Irish dolmen at Poulnabrone. I must admit, the dolmen and its surroundings are very scenic place. It is amazing that Burren is so rich in Neolithic and Iron age sites like dolmens, cairns and ringforts.
Poulnabrone Dolmen
We stopped for a while at the drystone Iron age ringfort. All Iron age ring forts are very interesting to me, due to relatively similar topic of my master thesis that concerns Atlantic Scotland round houses - especially Broch Towers.
Ring fort close to the Poulnabrone - an Irish example… and…
a complexed roundhouse example - Broch Tower at Gurness, Orkney, Scotland (I took this photo about 8 years ago)
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