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3. Boulder Grave
This spectacular Erratic has recentlly been identified as a Tomb. The whole structure has been raised, leveled and held in place by chock stones and a burial chamber has been carved out of the limestone. Jim Nolan, more recently, found Ring Marks on a boulder on the way down to the Tomb. Further searching uncovered more Ring Marks on the Boulder Grave itself. The whole complex is now a very sigificant, integrated, burial site with the Twin Pillar Stones, the Well, the Tomb and the Ring Mark Boulder forming a distinct alignment.
taken from "THE CAVAN BURREN Illustrated Guide 2006" by Gaby Burns
"Prototype tombs are in fact modified glacial erratics which have been used for funereal purposes. They have not been found anywhere else in Ireland. We have for long suspected that they were tombs but did not get confirmation until last summer. They are very special - the missing link between the natural monuments (glacial erratic pedestal rocks) and the built megalithic monuments!!!."
Séamus Ó hUltacháin
