Postcard
Collection object
2010.0145
H. 11.9 W. 16.0
Postcard, colour. Ireland The Old Country Series. Poulnabrone Dolmen. View of the dolmen from front. Reverse printed in black on white; central divider down which to left www.TheOldCountry.ie; to right barcode and box for stamp over four address lines. Across bottom; Poulnabrone Dolmen, Co. Clare./ One of Ireland's most iconic ancient monuments, poulnabrone dolmen has stood in the Burren for over/ 5,000 years. The irish name Poll na mbron means "hole of the sorrows". Excavations in the 1980s revealed/ burials of between 16 to 22 adults and 6 juveniles, including a new born baby dating from the Neolithic/ period. It was a place of ritual and symbolism for the anceint Irish and remains a place of pilgrimage for/ the thousands of people who visit it today to wonder at this amazing structure that has stood here since. the mists of time. Not used.
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