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The Burren (from Irish: Boireann, meaning "great rock"; Boirinn is the modern form used by the Ordnance Survey) is a unique karst-landscape region in northwest County Clare, in the Republic of Ireland. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixel Image in higher resolution (3008 × 2000 pixel, file size: 996 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): The Burren Metadata...
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Karst topography occurs when a landscape is marked by underground drainage patterns. ...
County Clare (Contae an Chláir in Irish) is in the Irish province of Munster. ...
The definitive article (making it "the Burren") has only been added to the name in the last few decades, possibly by academics, as it has always been called Boireann in Irish and Burren in English.[citation needed]
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The territory of Burren was also called Corco Modhruadh Oirthearach ("eastern Corcomroe"), which is the north eastern portion of the shared territory, or tuath, of Corco Modhruadh meaning the "seed or tribe of Modhruadh". The diocese of Kilfenora in which Burren is situated is coextensive with the territory of Corco Modhruadh. In the annals, Burren was often called "Burren in Corco Modhruadh. Burren was ruled by the Ó Lochlainn clan, who styled themselves Kings of Burren, up until the upheavals of the mid 1600s. The present day descendent of the last chief of the Ó Lochlainn clan resides in Ballyvaughan / Baile Uí Bheacháin. In the distant past the term tuath signified a clan or tribal family. ...
Download high resolution version (768x1024, 193 KB)image of the burren from pdphoto. ...
Download high resolution version (768x1024, 193 KB)image of the burren from pdphoto. ...
Limestone pavement above Malham Cove A limestone pavement is a landform consisting of a horizontal surface of exposed limestone showing the effects of weathering. ...
Geography and scenery The region measures aprx. 250 square kilometres and is enclosed roughly within the circle comprised by the villages Ballyvaughan, Kinvara, Gort, Corrofin, Kilfenora and Lisdoonvarna, as well as the Black Head lighthouse. Ballyvaughan is a small village in County Clare in the Republic of Ireland on the south shores of Galway Bay, north of Burren area. ...
Kinvara (Irish: Cinn Mhara, meaning head of the sea), a sea port village located in the south of County Galway in the province of Connacht on the west coast of Ireland. ...
Gort (Irish: Gort Inse Guaire or An Gort) is a HOLE. Gort takes its name, Gort Inse Guaire, from Guaire Aidhne, the sixth century King of Connacht and patron of St. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 52. ...
Kilfenora is a small village in County Clare in the Republic of Ireland, just south of The Burren. ...
Lisdoonvarna (Irish: Lios Dúin Bhearna) is a spa town in county Clare in the Republic of Ireland, famous for its music and festivals. ...
The rolling hills of Burren are composed of limestone pavements with crisscrossing cracks known as "grikes", leaving isolated rocks called "clints". The region supports both Mediterranean and Alpine plants side-by-side, due to the unusual environment. The blue flower of the Spring Gentian, an Alpine plant, is used as a symbol for the area by the tourist board. Burren's many limestone cliffs, particularly the sea-cliffs at Ailladie, near Fanore, are popular with rock-climbers. For potholers, there are a number of charted caves in the area. Doolin is a popular "base camp" for cavers, and is home to one of the two main cave-rescue stores of the Irish Cave Rescue Organisation. Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ...
The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ...
The west face of the Petit Dru above the Chamonix valley near the Mer de Glace. ...
Binomial name Gentiana verna L. The Spring Gentian (Gentiana verna) is a species of the genus Gentiana and one of its smallest members, normally only growing to a height of a few centimetres. ...
Ailladie is an area on the coast of The Burren in County Clare, Ireland, which is one of Irelands most highly-regarded rock-climbing locations. ...
Rock climbers on Valkyrie at The Roaches in Staffordshire, England. ...
Inside the cave at Cave Stream, New Zealand Caving is the recreational sport of exploring caves. ...
Burren is also rich with historical and archeological sites. There are many megalithic tombs in the area, portal dolmens, a celtic high cross in the village of Kilfenora, and a number of ring forts, among them the triple ring fort Cahercommaun on the edge of an inland cliff, and the exceptionally well-preserved Caherconnell Stone Fort. Corcomroe Abbey is one of the area's main scenic attractions. Megalithic tomb, Mane Braz, Brittany A megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument either alone or with other stones. ...
T shaped Hunebed D27 in Borger-Odoorn, Netherlands, recent. ...
High Cross, Dysert, Co. ...
Ringforts are fortified settlements that are typical of the 5th and 6th century AD in Ireland. ...
Cahercommaun is a triple Ring fort in the midst of The Burren area near the rural village Carran. ...
Section of wall of Stone Fort Caherconnell Stone Fort is an ancient and exceptionally well preserved Celtic Ring Fort in Ireland, situated in the Burren, about 1 km south of the Poulnabrone dolmen. ...
Corcomroe Abbey as viewed from the southeast. ...
See also Turlough (Irish Gaelic dry lake) is a seasonal lake found in Irish karst (exposed limestone) areas. ...
Looking north towards OBriens Tower The Cliffs of Moher (Aillte an Mhothair, Cliffs of the ruin) are located in the parish of Liscannor at the south-western edge of The Burren area near Doolin, which is located in County Clare, Republic of Ireland. ...
Inside Aillwee Cave in the Burren, County Clare Aillwee Cave is one of the many thousands of ancient caves beneath An Bhoireann, (or in English, The Burren) with over 1km of passages leading into the heart of the mountain. ...
References - McCarthy, P.M. and Mitchell, M.E. 1988. Lichens of the Burren Hills and the Aran Islands. Galway. Officina Typographica.
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