Megalithic tomb
Brownshill Portal Dolmen
Carlow town, County Carlow
The granite capstone here weighs over a hundred tonnes, and it has been sitting in this field 3km east of Carlow town since the neolithic.
- Where
- Carlow town, County Carlow
- Official site
- heritageireland.ie
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
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Carlow CastleTwo towers and the wall between them are all that is left of the 13th century Norman castle on the Barrow in Carlow town.
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Borris HouseHouse and gardens · BorrisSeat of the MacMurrough Kavanaghs, a Tudor revival house above Borris village with a sixteen arch railway viaduct in the view.
Black Castle, LeighlinbridgeCastle · LeighlinbridgeThe tower and a length of bawn wall stand on the Barrow bank, beside a stone road bridge that dates to 1320.
Ballyloughan CastleRuin · BagenalstownFarmland east of Bagenalstown holds a 13th century gatehouse and hall, with a round tower on either side of the entrance.
South Leinster WayWalk · Borris104km of waymarked route from Kildavin through Borris, over the Barrow into Kilkenny and on to Carrick-on-Suir in Tipperary.
BagenalstownTown · BagenalstownLaid out in the 1780s on the Barrow navigation. There is a lock, a lifting bridge, and a courthouse built to look like a Greek temple.