Irish National Heritage Park a dolmen

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History lesson number 3. This my dear visitors is a dolmen in the Irish National Heritage Park.

this quote from Wikipedia explains all.

A Dolmen is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones (megaliths) supporting a large flat horizontal capstone (table). Most date from the early Neolithic period (4000 BC to 3000 BC). Dolmens were usually covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow, though in many cases that covering has weathered away, leaving only the stone ‘skeleton’ of the burial mound intact.

The largest dolmen in Europe is the Browneshill Dolmen in County Carlow, Ireland. It’s capstone weighs about 150 tonnes.
For lesson 4 tomorrow I shall be teaching you all about Crannogs.