The State has bought the world-renowned Poulnabrone portal dolmen in the Burren, Co Clare, the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, Ms de Valera, confirmed yesterday. The dolmen, ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Neolithic portal dolmen, one of Western Europe's oldest ritual burial chambered monuments, in an isolated field in Wales. It is thought the tomb was ...

THE site on which the world renowned Poulnabrone portal dolmen stands in the Burren, Co Clare, has been purchased by the State, the Minister for Arts and Heritage, Sile de Valera TD confirmed ...

Dúchas, the Heritage Service, is considering buying a herd of cattle to help conserve the site of the Poulnabrone portal dolmen in the Burren, Co Clare. Two years ago, the State bought the ...

It might look rather unassuming at first, but the Dolmen of Menga in Antequera, Spain is actually Europe’s largest megalith. Thousands of dolmens, or ancient stone tombs, abound across the continent ...

An archaeological excavation of Ynys Môn’s least known Neolithic chambered tomb – Perthi Duon, west of the village of Brynsiencyn on Anglesey – has begun. The work is being carried out by a team from ...

CARLOW, to some extent, has been hiding its light under a bushel - or rather, under a dolmen. For a county which possesses the largest portal dolmen in Europe - Browne's Hill Dolmen - it doesn't seek ...

ANGLESEY, WALES—A copper artifact has been discovered at the ruins of a Neolithic tomb on the island of Anglesey by an international team of researchers. “The big question in archaeology at the moment ...

Find at Perthi Duon excavation site near Brynsiencyn could prove existence of a British Copper Age says archeology expert The discovery of a mysterious copper artefact at a Neolithic tomb on Anglesey ...

The Trefael Stone, a scheduled ancient monument in south-west Wales originally thought to be an ancient standing stone is actually the capstone of a 5,500-year-old tomb, according to new research from ...

A SOLITARY stone in a windswept Welsh field has helped shed light on how our neolithic ancestors came together in worship thousands of years ago. A SOLITARY stone in a windswept Welsh field has helped ...

An ancient stone portal was the inspiration for MacGabhann Architects’ Dolmen House in north-west Ireland, writes Charles Rattray. Photography by Dennis Gilbert For a small country, the Republic of ...