$The Burren is a limestone plateau, bare of vegetation, where the rock settled when the area was below sea level 350 million years ago. Then, 250 million years ago, the movement of the clods on the earth's crust caused the rock floor to fracture, deforming it into the puzzle that is still visible today. Due to an oddity of the climate, or a botanical whim, among the cracks of the calcareous soil flowers are born in profusion and there are mixed alpine, Mediterranean and Arctic plants, and in summer numerous varieties of orchids also bloom there. In addition, animals and butterflies that are characteristic of the entire region and often unique to Ireland live here. This unique ecosystem was created by the combination of various factors, such as the rapid absorption of water in the cracks, the mild and humid climate, the absence of grasses and the limited extent of the shrubbery due to the grazing of goats. Many of the rocks have been blunted and smoothed over time by rain, wind and ice. Today the Burren does not offer land suitable for agriculture, but it is known that the area was inhabited in prehistoric times, as evidenced by the hundreds of underground tombs, the numerous dolmens and the circular stone forts.$

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