A stone age megalithic tomb on the sacred island is located in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland:
It is called "Poulnabrone dolmen". The age of this neolithic portal tomb is around 4200 BC and 2900 BC. It consists of rocks in table formation (capstone) and verticle megaliths. The Irish tale about the triangle love story of Fionn Mac Cumhaill, Diarmuid and Grainne. Who are they?
Fionn Mac Cumhaill - The great warrior in Irish mythology
Diarmuid Ua Duibhne - The man who has magical "love spot" on his forehead and the cloak of invisibility.
Grainne - The fairy tale princess
According to the story, the pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne by the Fionn took 16 years. Diarmuid ran away with the princess and evaded with the cloak of invisibility that he got from his foster father. They stayed in a secret forest. The hideout is called "the Hole of sorrows".
The character of Irish chamber tomb is called wedge tomb (narrows at one end), double walls forming the gallery, and the doorway faces to the west. As it is one of the archaeological sites of Dolmen, it is forbidden to get close to this structure because the fragment of human bones, potteries, flint and rock crystal are found at the bottom of the chamber and a newborn baby was buried near the entrance of the tomb. The current dolmen is not the original one. There was a crack resulting collapse of this tomb, so it was replaced and protected with a rope and guards around the tomb. No one could touch the dolmen! There are many megalithic structure like this which are known to be "Diarmuid and Grainne's Bed" and you know now why.
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