Court Tomb by Burren

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The Court Tomb of Burren (also called Burren Dolmen) is north of the hamlet of Burren ( Irish Boirinn ) and Warrenpoint near the border with Ireland in County Down in Northern Ireland .

Only a small dolmen-like structure consisting of two supporting stones with a small capstone on top has been preserved from the Court Tomb . The location in the front yard of a house, as part of a rock garden, is astonishing.

literature

  • Frances Lynch: Megalithic Tombs and Long Barrows in Britain (= Shire Archeology. 73). Shire Publications, Princes Risborough 1997, ISBN 0-7478-0341-2 .
  • Elizabeth Shee Twohig: Irish Megalithic Tombs (= Shire Archeology. 63). Shire Publications, Princes Risborough 1990, ISBN 0-7478-0094-4 .

Remarks

  • The name Burren ( Irish Boirinn ) means rocky place. There are two other areas of that name in Clare and Cavan Counties

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Coordinates: 54 ° 17 '47.4 "  N , 5 ° 57' 26.4"  W.