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Wedge tomb in Rannagh East

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On a gentle E-facing slope in improved pasture. Described by Westropp (1907, 461) as fallen. Recorded as CL. 41 by De Valera and Ó Nualláin (1961, 36) who also supply a plan and photograph. No visible surface trace of the monument was found on field inspection in 1999. A second wedge tomb (CL006-056----) in Rannagh East stands c. 500m to the NNE and a third wedge tomb (CL006-057----) is located c. 565m to the NE in Termon townland. See attachment: CL010-019----_01 Extract from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 14 December 2022

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