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The Burren: Ireland's Lunar Landscape of Stone and Story
In this episode of The History of Ireland, Lucas and Luna wander into the Burren, that vast and otherworldly karst landscape in County Clare. They unpick how this 'lunar' terrain was formed, from ancient coral seas to the last ice age, and how its limestone pavements, grykes, and clints became a refuge for rare plants and a canvas for millennia of human life. They discuss the Poulnabrone dolmen, a portal tomb built around 3800 BCE, and what its excavated remains—including a pregnant woman and a child—reveal about Neolithic burial practices. They trace Bronze Age wedge tombs, Iron…
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