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Thu 10 Oct 2009Burren's 'mini-dolmen' trend criticised
THE FAD among tourists of building little replica dolmens from the stones in the Burren area of Co Clare has been deplored by groups concerned about protecting the landscape there.
Yesterday school children joined in a project to dismantle hundreds of mini-dolmens – little stone tables built by tourists – which could be seen inside a field at a site overlooking Ballyvaughan, two miles from the famous 5,000-year-old Poulnabrone dolmen.
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