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What is recorded here
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.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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