Caheraphuca Wedge Tomb

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Caheraphuca Wedge Tomb
Native name
Irish: Tuama Dinge Chathair an Phúca
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Location of Caheraphuca Wedge Tomb in Ireland
Type wedge-shaped gallery grave
LocationCaheraphuca, Crusheen,
County Clare, Ireland
Coordinates 52°56′05″N8°54′18″W / 52.934612°N 8.904909°W / 52.934612; -8.904909 Coordinates: 52°56′05″N8°54′18″W / 52.934612°N 8.904909°W / 52.934612; -8.904909
Builtc. 2500–2000 BC
Official nameCaheraphuca Wedge Tomb
Reference no.466

Caheraphuca wedge tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located near Crusheen in County Clare, Ireland. [1] [2]

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Location

Caheraphuca wedge tomb is located in Caheraphuca townland of Inchicronan parish, immediately southwest of Crusheen, to the north of Inchicronan Lough.

History

Wedge tombs of this kind were built in Ireland in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, c. 2500–2000 BC. The name derives from Irish cathair an phúca, "dwelling of the púca." [3]

Description

A long chamber of five stones supports two roofstones; these may originally have been a single roofstone that was later broken. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Science. The Academy. 1 January 1904 – via Internet Archive. Caheraphuca.
  2. ↑ Gazin-Schwartz, Amy; Holtorf, Cornelius J. (23 June 2005). Archaeology and Folklore. Routledge. ISBN   9781134634651 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Cathair an Phúca/Caheraphuca". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ↑ (Ireland), Ordnance Survey; Valera, Ruaidhrí De; Nualláin, Seán Ó (1 January 1961). "Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland: County Clare". Stationery Office – via Google Books.
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