Cavan Burren: Tombs and Erratics on the Limestone

Cavan Burren Park sits on a limestone plateau about 295 metres up under Cuilcagh Mountain, in the Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark, and it is one of the finest prehistoric landscapes in Ireland. It holds wedge and portal tombs going back to the Neolithic — among them the Calf House Dolmen, the Tullygobbin wedge tomb and the Giant's Leap wedge tomb, one of the most intact wedge tombs on the island — with cist graves, relict field walls, hut sites, a promontory fort and boulders carved with prehistoric rock art. The ice left huge erratic boulders scattered across the plateau, and the Giant's Leap is the bed of a vanished river. Five trails run from the interpretative centre; entry is free and it is open all year.