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Dolmen

Portal tomb

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Two upright stones hold a flat table above the grass, waiting for bodies that died before written memory. The earth that once hid them has fallen away, exposing the bare bone of a chamber built to keep the dead company rather than forget them. People may have gathered beneath that heavy roof, pressing marks into wet clay or speaking names the wind has since erased. The tomb no longer needs a owner; it owns the field, marking time with stone instead of ink.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Date of upload: 28 December 2011
Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic period. It represents an early form of megalithic funerary architecture significant for understanding prehistoric burial practices in Ireland.

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