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Karst rock in the beautiful Burren region in County Clare - Ireland

$Poulnabrone dolmen (Poll na Brón in Irish is an unusually large dolmen or portal tomb located in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland. Situated on one of the most desolate and highest points of the region, it comprises three standing portal stones supporting a heavy horizontal capstone, and dates to the Neolithic period, probably between 4200 BC and 2900 BC. It is the best known and most widely photographed of the approximately 172 dolmens in Ireland. \nThe karst setting has been formed from limestone laid down around 350 million years ago. The dolmen was built by Neolithic farmers, who chose the location either for ritual, as a territorial marker, or as a collective burial site. What remains today is only the \$

Un dolmen en pierre dans l’herbe à Poulnabrone, en Irlande

Ancient portal dolmen, megalithic tomb, The Burren, Country Clare, Republic of Ireland.

Scenic view of Lough Gaelan lake in the Burren National Park, County Clare, Ireland

Horn Head is a peninsula in the county of Donegal. The cliffs rise up to 180 meters above the sea.

Limestone in The Burren National Park, Ireland.

A lone female figure standing in the distance in a rocky landscape on a sunny day on the coast of one of the Aran islands just off Galway and Doolin, on the Irish mainland

The karst hills of The Burren, County Clare, Ireland

Beautiful coastal image of a river mouth.

Kilmurvey Beach, Inishmore; Aran Islands; Ireland

Rocky landscape with Poulnabrone Dolmen in the background

Aerial view of big green areas and a two way road near the cliffs of moher and surrounded by the atlantic ocean during a very cloudy morning.

1980s old Positive Film scanned, the view from Castle House Farm in Ballymacoda, County Cork, Ireland.

Waves of the ocean in Ballyreen or Ballyryan in the beautiful Burren region in County Clare - Ireland

$Some Facts about Irish Stone Walls\nWhy are there gaps in Irish stone walls?\nMany of the stone walls in the west and south of Ireland are known as ‘dry stone walls,’ meaning that they are made entirely without any mortar or other materials to help stick them together. As such, this leaves gaps between the stones, something tourists often notice as they drive past and can actually see the sky straight through them. Many of the walls here are quite ancient, and as such were made before the advent of or easy access to mortar and other cement-like materials to build them up.\nHow do they stand up then?\nWhile I’m not an expert wall-builder or stone mason myself, I have actually built a small section of stone wall here in the traditional style. Irish stone walls are made by carefully selecting the correct stones bit by bit as you progress onwards and upwards. One must ensure that each rock will properly be at rest within the wall, sitting still and balancing atop the last layer. Another thing I learned the hard way is that a common technique is to actually place the smallest stones along the bottom and then finish or ‘cap’ them with your larger and heavier rocks. Although seemingly counterintuitive at first, the downwards force of these larger rocks can help pack down the bottom layers, compressing them together and preventing them from moving or spilling. But yes, there’s a lot of trial and error as you go, especially when it’s your first time learning how to build an Irish stone wall.\n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation to Ireland in July 2022. The Stone Walls are from the Aran Islands.$

Un sol fait de pierres et de mousse végétale, à Poulnabrone, en Irlande

Scenic irish village coastline landscape west coast Atlantic ocean Ireland

An old stone wall near the ocean on the west coast of Ireland on a sunny day

Atlantic coastline, county Clare. The Burren near West Derreen, West Eire

County Kerry in the southwest of Ireland is a popular tourist destination.

Puffins and other seabirds flying over the grass covered islands of the Farne islands, Northumberland. There are thousands of guillemots on the top of the island.

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