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Recorded cave place in Gowlaun

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The Irish Caves Database records F3b at Gowlaun in County Clare. This point comes from its public cave register. A cave map point does not by itself grant access: check local conditions and ask the landowner where needed.

From the Irish Caves Database, University of Bristol Spelæological Society record 1559

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Picture notes
  • Roger Diel, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this holy well.
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • P.hammer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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