Accommodation burren

The word Burren means 'great rock' and the region is described by geologists as 'Karst', after a similar tract of country in Slovenia. It is a strange lunar-like region of bare carboniferous limestone, occupying some 100 square miles near the towns of Lahinch, Ballyvaughan, Ennistymon, Corofin and north and north-west of Lisdoonvarna. Below the scarred surface of the Burren is the most remarkable assemblage of diverse types of flora in |reland, and spectacular caves, streams, potholes and 'turloughs' (seasonal lakes). Poulnabrone Dolmen, a megalithic monument dating from about 2500 b.c., is a noted Burren feature.