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Giants Grave

Wedge tomb
Giants Grave
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See attached document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Caheraphuca wedge tomb is a national monument in state care, no. 466. CL026-015----_01.pdf CL026-015----_01.jpg View of wedge tomb from NW. Date of upload: 30 December 2011
Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). It is part of a broader megalithic tradition in Ireland and reflects early communal burial practices.

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