Limestone, Erratics, & Stone Fences

Leaving the B&B in Doolin, we made a wrong turn and found ourselves on the coastal road — R477 — heading north. It was a more scenic route, so we didn’t mind.

This small mistake worked in our favor as we again got to drive through the section of the Burren where it meets the Atlantic Ocean. When we drove this road yesterday, the scenery was all washed out by the glare of the sun. The light was perfect today.

Not only did we get to enjoy the vast karst landscape juxtaposed against the blue of the ocean, but we got a better look at the erratics left behind by the ice sheet that once covered the land before receding and melting away some 15,000 years ago. As well, we got to see the stone walls built out of rocks cut out of the Burren.Read more