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The cave is typical of the Clare caves, consisting in the main of stream passage and ending in a sump. The general direction is east to west but turns due south some 600 metres (2,000 ft) into the cave. The cave is considerably older than most of the Clare caves and originally contained a large stream.
The Burren (/ ˈ b ʌr ə n / BURR-ən; Irish: Boirinn, meaning 'rocky district') [1] is a karst/glaciokarst landscape centred in County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland. [2] It measures around 530 square kilometres (200 sq mi), within the circle made by the villages of Lisdoonvarna, Corofin, Gort and Kinvara. [3]
Aill na Cronain (Irish: Aill na Crónáin; Cronan's cliff) is an inland west-facing limestone crag in The Burren in County Clare, Ireland.It is popular with novice rock climbers due to the number of short single-pitch 10–20 metre rock climbing routes in the S to HS rock climbing grades. [1]
Map all coordinates using ... Pages in category "Show caves in the Republic of Ireland" ... out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aillwee Cave ...
3.5 km to the south is the Aillwee Cave, a show cave over 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) long. Beside the Aillwee Caves, just 400-metres north of the upper car-park is the novice rock-climbing location of Aill na Cronain. For trained cave explorers, there is the Poll na Gollum, Faunarooska, and the Cullaun series.
Doolin Cave (Irish: Pol an Ionain or Poll-an-Ionain) is a limestone cave near Doolin in County Clare, Ireland, on the western edge of The Burren. The name is the anglicised version of the Irish name Poll an Eidhneáin , which is said to translate into "Ivy Cliff Cave". [ 1 ]
This is a list of caves of the world that have articles or that are properly cited. They are sorted by continent and then country. They are sorted by continent and then country. Caves which are in overseas territories on a different continent than the home country are sorted by the territory's continent and name.
View with karst limestone pavement in foreground. Poulnabrone dolmen is located on a low circular mound measuring c. 10 m (33 ft) in diameter. The site is east of the Poulanine and Glensleade valleys, beyond which are the rocky Baur and Poulnabrucky hills.