Brownshill dolmen
Brownshill Dolmen is a very large megalithic portal tomb situated 3 km east of Carlow, in County Carlow, Ireland. Its capstone weighs an estimated 150 metric tons, and is reputed to be the heaviest in Europe.Photo: Jacknow, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: dolmen in County Carlow, Ireland
- Also known as: “Browneshill Dolmen”, “Browneshill portal tomb”, “Brownshill Dolmen”, and “Kernanstown Cromlech”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Carlow railway station.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Smirkybec, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mary’s Church is situated 1 km southeast of Brownshill dolmen.
Carlow railway station
Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carlow railway station serves the town of Carlow in County Carlow. It is a station on the Dublin to Waterford intercity route. The station has two platforms. Carlow railway station is situated 3 km west of Brownshill dolmen.
Urglin Church
Church
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Urglin Church is situated 1½ km northeast of Brownshill dolmen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carlow and Tinryland.
Carlow
Photo: IrishFireside, CC BY 2.0.
Carlow is the county town of County Carlow, some 85 km south of Dublin. It's become a commuter town for the city and in 2022 had a population of about 27,000; it's fairly compact and has preserved its old centre.
Tinryland
Village
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tinryland is a village in County Carlow, Ireland, less than 5 km south of Carlow town. It is within the townland of Tinriland, in the parish of Tullowmagimma. Tinryland is situated 4½ km south of Brownshill dolmen.
Killeshin
Village
Killeshin is a village in County Laois, Ireland on the R430 regional road. Killeshin is a small rural community situated five kilometres west of Carlow town and overlooks the picturesque Barrow Valley. Killeshin is situated 8 km west of Brownshill dolmen.
Brownshill dolmen
- Categories: dolmen, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Carlow, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.83752° or 52° 50′ 15″ northLongitude
-6.88112° or 6° 52′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C4MR4Q9+2HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1211210182OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q33313
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Brownshill dolmen” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Brownshill trikuharria”
- Dutch: “Brownshill Dolmen”
- French: “dolmen de Brownshill”
- French: “Dolmen de Brownshill”
- German: “Browneshill Dolmen”
- German: “Browneshill-Dolmen”
- Irish: “Dolmain Chnoc an Bhrúnaigh”
- Italian: “Dolmen Brownshill”
- Russian: “Дольмен Браунсхилл”
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