The Kinstone Dolmen was designed and built by Kristine Beck in 2012. She was notably influenced by Poulnabrone Dolmen in County Clare, Ireland, which she visited multiple times. The Kinstone Dolmen is a sacred space dedicated to Remembrance.
A dolmen is a type of single-chamber megalithic structure, usually consisting of two or more vertical megaliths supporting a large, flat, horizontal capstone. The Kinstone Dolmen has four upright megaliths and a 13-ton capstone. There are 5 smaller boulders surrounding it that Kristine set as guardian stones. Historically, many dolmens served as tombs. No one is buried in the dolmen at Kinstone (yet); however, it has been consecrated to the remembrance of our ancestors and all those who have come and gone before us.
Dolmens are a very recognizable type of megalithic monument. They are known by many different names: cromlechs, giant’s graves, stone chambers, stone tables, and others. Dolmens generally have an entrance feature, a ‘portal’, though, historically, this was often closed by a blocking stone. A most characteristic feature of dolmens is the massive roof stone or slab, usually weighing many tons and usually inclined at an angle with the highest part over the entrance. (Paraphrased from an Irish website: http://www.carrowkeel.com/files/dolmens.html.)
