Historic site · near Ballyvaughan · Clare

Poulnabrone Dolmen

Look for Poulnabrone Dolmen, a historic site, 7.5 km south of Ballyvaughan. Top of the list nearby is Aillwee Cave, 4.5 km away. It lies in County Clare.

Where

7.5 km

south of Ballyvaughan

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–19°C

In brief

Historic site near Ballyvaughan

Near Ballyvaughan

Poulnabrone Dolmen is 7.5 km south of Ballyvaughan. Towns near it ↓

Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The best months to visit

Expect highs of 18–19°C in Ballyvaughan from June to September.

Jan9° / 4°167 mm

Feb10° / 4°130 mm

Mar11° / 4°117 mm

Apr13° / 6°87 mm

May16° / 8°89 mm

Jun18° / 11°88 mm

Jul19° / 12°101 mm

Aug19° / 12°121 mm

Sep18° / 11°121 mm

Oct15° / 8°147 mm

Nov12° / 6°177 mm

Dec10° / 4°184 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Ballyvaughan, and rain in a month. Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for Ballyvaughan (Copyright Met Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Ballyvaughan’s full climate →

About

Poulnabrone Dolmen

Historic site.

Type: Historic site
Town: 7.5 km south of Ballyvaughan

Facts: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

The area around Poulnabrone Dolmen

The places near Poulnabrone Dolmen are numbered on the map in the order below.

Towns near it

Towns near Poulnabrone Dolmen

Ennistimon is the biggest of the 8 bases nearby (1,137 people). Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · 7.5 km north of it

Ballyvaughan

361 people · 7 places to visit

2 · 8.1 km southwest of it

Kilfenora

152 people · 5 places to visit

3 · 10 km west of it

Lisdoonvarna

934 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 12 km southeast of it

Corofin

793 people · 6 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Poulnabrone Dolmen is	People	Places to visit
Ballyvaughan	7.5 km north of it	361	7
Kilfenora	8.1 km southwest of it	152	5
Lisdoonvarna	10 km west of it	934	5
Corofin	12 km southeast of it	793	6
Ennistimon	16 km southwest of it	1,137	2
Kinvarra	17 km northeast of it	721	2
Lehinch	19 km southwest of it	1,018	4
Inagh	19 km south of it	228	0

Make a day of it

Also near Poulnabrone Dolmen

Look within 15 km for 2 churches, an attraction and a castle, among others.

AttractionAillwee Cave4.5 km away 2CastleCastleNewtown Castle6.4 km away 3Visitor farmVisitor farmCaherconnell Fort & Sheepdog Demonstrations800 m away 4Historic houseHistoric houseGleninsheen Wedge Tomb1.9 km away 5MuseumMuseumMichael Cusack Centre4.9 km away 6ChurchChurchCarran Medieval Church4.5 km away 7ChurchChurchTemple Cronan Early Christian Church5.3 km away 8Historic siteHistoric siteCaherconnell800 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Poulnabrone Dolmen: the answers

Where is Poulnabrone Dolmen?

Poulnabrone Dolmen is 7.5 km south of Ballyvaughan, Clare.

What is Poulnabrone Dolmen?

Historic site.

When is the best time to visit Poulnabrone Dolmen?

June to September are the warmest months in Ballyvaughan, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Poulnabrone Dolmen?

Within 15 km: Aillwee Cave (4.5 km), Newtown Castle (6.4 km), Caherconnell Fort & Sheepdog Demonstrations (800 m) and Gleninsheen Wedge Tomb (1.9 km).

Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (1)

Aillwee Cave: MarvinVells, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).