County Carlow Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
county in Ireland
About County Carlow
This area is low-lying, with the River Barrow forming a natural communication route. The bedrock is impervious granite overlain by sand and gravel; not the most fertile of soils but well-drained, and not mired in bog. An entire mountain range formed over the granite, was eroded away, and replaced by a second range which in turn eroded away. So it was only the blink of an eye ago in the great sweep of earth's history when the glaciers retreated and the first known human settlers appeared. Brownshill Dolmen near Carlow town is a portal tomb erected around 4000 BC, with a colossal 150-metric-tonne capstone suggesting a very very VIP burial. Perhaps they were making sure its occupant could never arise and rule again. In the early centuries AD, tribal units coalesced into petty kingdoms and the
County Carlow Travel Guide Sections
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