Burren Monuments
The Burren has been aptly described as one 'vast memorial to bygone cultures'. For instance, some 80 wedge tombs of Neolithic origin have been found in the region, from an estimated national total of just over 500. Hundreds of ancient cooking sites or fulachta fiadh and ancient cist graves are found throughout the hills.
Some 500 ring forts are found in the Burren, including the magnificent triumvallate (three walled) Cahercummaun and the chevaux-de-frise (an ancient defensive structure composed of upright stones) ringed Ballykingvarga. Tower houses and Early Christian church sites are also very common, many in an excellent state of preservation.
The magnificent portal tomb at Poulnabrone in the rocky heart of the Burren is one of the most easily recognised monuments in Ireland, but is only one very small piece of an extradorinary wealth of heritage to be found in the Burren.
Here you will find a listing of the main sites of archaeological and historical significance of the Burren.
For general archaeological information try the following links:
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Caher Mor R480 rd, between Leamanagh Castle and Ballyvaughan
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Tel: (01) 647 2300 Fax: Email: Web: http://www.opw.ie |
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Cahercummaun Between Kilnaboy and Carran |
Tel: (01) 647 2300 Fax: Email: Web: http://www.opw.ie/index.htm |
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Corcomroe Abbey BellHarbour |
Tel: (01) 647 2300 Fax: Email: Web: http://www.opw.ie/ |
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Dunguaire Castle Banquet Dunguaire Castle |
Tel: +353 (0)61 711200 Fax: +353 (0)61 472523 Email: info@shannonheritage.com Web: http://www.shannonheritage.com |
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Gleninagh castle and Fulacht Fiadh N of the R477 road between Ballyvaughan and Fanore |
Tel: (01) 647 2300 Fax: Email: Web: http://www.opw.ie/ |
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Kilfenora Cathedral Kilfenora |
Tel: (01) 647 2300 Fax: Email: Web: http://www.opw.ie/ |
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Kilmacduagh Just off the main road between Corofin and Gort |
Tel: (01) 647 2300 Fax: Email: Web: http://www.opw.ie |
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Kilnaboy church west of Corofin on the R476 road to Kilfenora |
Tel: (01) 647 2300 Fax: Email: Web: http://www.opw.ie |
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Leamanagh Castle At the intersection of the R476 Corofin-Kilnaboy |
Tel: (01) 647 2300 Fax: Email: Web: http://www.opw.ie |
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Newtown Castle Ballyvaughan Ballyvaughan |
Tel: +353 65 7077200 Fax: +353 65 7077201 Email: Web: http://www.burrencollege.com/ |
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