Brownshill Portal Tomb, Co. Carlow

Brownshill portal tomb carlow


Brownshill dolmen





Further Reading

Lynch, A (2014) Poulnabrone: An Early Neolithic Portal Tomb in Ireland Volume 9 of Archaeological monograph series. Stationary Office, Dublin


2 thoughts on “Brownshill Portal Tomb, Co. Carlow

  1. My wife, being Irish knows how to create such a dolman! Or so she reckons! She would lay the tomb articles, surround with the smaller erect stones then build a mound of considerable area size with a nice gradient over which to roll the larger stone to the centre. Then extract the earth from under , using water maybe, until the weight of the large stone causes it to sink onto the smaller uprights. Then fill over the total causing there to be a nice mound of significant size in order that the person buried will have a goodly memorial!!!

    Best regards,

    Howard Wright (husband of Joan Maher of Our Lady’s Isle)

  2. that stone came from miles away how did they get it to site 5000 years ago and even that date is not certain theory their is a spring flowing under it explain that.. no machinery then you know. caoimhain o callig carlow…

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