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Archaeology Gallery

The wealth and diversity of the Burren's archaeological landscape allows us to trace the evolution of agricultural society from its 'hunter-gatherer' origins over six millennia ago.

  • A Burren wedge tomb, c.4000 years old
    A Burren wedge tomb, c.4000 years old
  • Cist or box graves were used in Bronze Age burials
    Cist or box graves were used in Bronze Age burials
  • Late Neolithic wedge tomb
    Late Neolithic wedge tomb
  • Late Neolithic Wedge Tomb - (c) Paul Aherne 2008
    Late Neolithic Wedge Tomb - (c) Paul Aherne 2008
  • Pollen sources suggest pine and hazel were dominant in the Mesolithic
    Pollen sources suggest pine and hazel were dominant in the Mesolithic
  • Poulnabrone, dated to c.3800BC
    Poulnabrone, dated to c.3800BC
  • Ring barrow at Doolin
    Ring barrow at Doolin
  • The Burren landscape as it may have looked in the Mesolithic
    The Burren landscape as it may have looked in the Mesolithic
  • The Iconic Poulnabrone Portal Tomb
    The Iconic Poulnabrone Portal Tomb
  • The massive walls of Cahercummaun
    The massive walls of Cahercummaun
  • The U-shaped mound of a Fulacht fiadh
    The U-shaped mound of a Fulacht fiadh
  • Tomb
    Tomb

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