What is recorded here

Poulaphuca is a small cist, not a grand chamber, and that is what makes it memorable. It lies at the heart of a grass-covered cairn in County Clare, no larger than a person stretched out with room to breathe. Thin flags collapsed into a shallow box, yet they held something valuable enough to bury deliberately. The site resists spectacle, but it does not resist attention.

Centrally placed in a roughly circular grass-covered cairn (CL006-035001-). A collapsed drystone structure (L 1.8m; Wth 1.7m) comprising several thin flags. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 12 May 2021

Cist in Poulaphuca is a Neolithic burial monument, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE. Its placement within a cairn suggests it was part of an early funerary tradition associated with communal burial practices in the region.

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