Old photos from Kildare Archaeologists Society via Those ancient Carlow guys must have been pretty strong! Īnother 1999 shot of Browneshill Dolmen, this time with children playing under the huge capstone.ġ991 university field trip to Carlow with the late Prof Marek Zvelebilĭoldrums carlow Image copyright: tombreen70 (tom breen), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. The rear view of Brownshill Dolmen, or Browne's Hill dolmen, or Browneshill dolmen (take your pick!) showing its truly enormous bulk.
(Th.īrowne's Hill Dolmen 1991 during Sheffield University survey of the River Barrow, Carlow The brown heritage noticeboard at the layby next to the R726 (find it on the right opposite a garage, about 2 miles outside Carlow going east) has the Irish name too: 'Dolman Chnoc an Bhrunaigh' and the English 'Brownshill Dolmen' underneath. This huge capstone is the heaviest in Europe, weighing about 150 tons according to the site noticeboard.
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To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.Ī faux infra-red photo taken on a fine but cold day, 7th October 2005.īrowneshill Dolmen photographed in July 1999. You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. Note: The immense Brownshill dolmen on a very chilly winter solstice evening The County Carlow Tourism website also includes an entry for the Brownshill Dolmen. The Journal of Antiquities includes an entry for the Brownshill Dolmen, County Carlow, Southern Ireland, which includes a photograph, an antiquarian drawing of the dolmen, directions for finding this site, a description, and a list of reference sources for more information. The extent of the burial-chamber cannot be determined. It rests on 3 uprights 1.8 metres high, and on two prostrate boulders.Ī fourth upright stands nearby and might possibly be the remains of a forecourt. The single capstone of this partly-collapsed dolmen is reputed to be the heaviest in Europe, weighing 100 tonnes. Mark_a AngieLake have visited here Image: Browne’s Hill submitted by ainsloch Orcinus visited on 1st Jan 1991 University field trip with the late Prof Marek Zvelebil Jeffrep visited on 4th May 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Acc: 4 Macd visited on 1st Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Acc: 3 Truly megalithic! It really is a stunning monument, easy to find on the edge of Carlow town, though a little lacking in ambience. In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to findĬo-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinatesĮxternal Links: Visit Logs (tap for more)īat400 visited on 10th Jul 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Acc: 4 Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marksĬan be driven to, probably with disabled access Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site Neolithic and Bronze Age Site Name: Browne’s Hill Alternative Name: Browne’s Hill Dolmen, Browne's Hill, Brownshill DolmenĬountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Submitted by jeffrep on Saturday, 24 December 2016 Page Views: Browne’s Hill - Portal Tomb in Ireland (Republic of) in Co.
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