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Shots from the Burren
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:43 pm
by Frank Ryan
Barberskum wrote:Well I finally made it down to the Burren last night.
All I can say is,
I have no clue as to why I never went before!
It's only 40 min from my house and the skies?
Forget about it!
Best I've seen.
So anyway,
I ran off a few starscape shots with the Dolmen in the foreground.
(here is a speal about the thing)
Poulnabrone dolmen (Poll na mBrón in Irish meaning "hole of sorrows")
is a Neolithic period portal tomb which dates back to about 2500 BC. Situated in the Burren, Co. Clare.
A thin capstone sits on two 1.8m (6ft) high portal stones to create a chamber in a 9m (30ft) low cairn.
The tomb houses the remains of one newborn baby, six juveniles, and 16-22 adults.
There are 40 smaller such dolmens in the area. This is the most well known dolmen in Ireland.
Comments, crits, suggestions welcome.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:55 pm
by mikkelbo
Great shots Frank. I love the second one. Wow! Too bad you and Dave missed my PM's. I would have loved to join you. Next time maybe.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:53 pm
by Dave Lillis
Fab shots Frank !!
Mikkel, what can I say???, a serious case of bad timing..
On a more general note, one big problem that I was looking for a solution to was how would we cope using Franks relations place in Doonbeg for a bigger number of people,???? I don't know how the neighbours would react against a load of cars with complete strangers hanging around in the middle of the night right next door with no lights. I think eventually we'd land Franks relations in trouble with the neighbours.
BUT, thanks to this trip and a fair bit of good luck, we found the PERFECT observing site in the burren, a fine sized mud free car park well off the road with no trees r houses and its about 1 hour from Limerick.
I would suggest that next time we go out that we go there and not to Boher to see what the rest of the group think of it.
Th first trip would require a bit of organisation which I'm up to do.