Fotos del Burren

En esta parte del condado de Clare, la piedra piedra está en todas partes : el paisaje, las paredes y los dólmenes. La palabra Burren (An Bhoireann en irlandesa) significa el país de piedra.

burren landscape

Limestone landscape

burren rock

the rocks in the Burren have been carved by rainwater into some unusual shapes

dry-stone wall

section of dry-stone wall

burren flower spring gentian

Spring gentian (gentiana verna) - more flowers

burren flower orchid

Early purple orchid (orchis mascula) - more flowers

burren flower violet

Common dog-violet (viola riviniana)- more flowers

Poulnabrone

Poulnabrone Megalithic Tomb (dolmen). See also menhirs and dolmens in Brittany

Panorama of the Burren (see more panoramas)

macro snail shell

Macro of the shell of a snail

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