Loaded artifacts from external repositories go by default:
~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/<group>/<artifact>/<version>/<SHA1-checksum-of-module>
An example for a cxf-core-3.1.3.jardownloaded dependency is below:
~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.apache.cxf/cxf-core/3.1.3/dc1e652736d770dc34dcacbac2279055e7fce000
: Gradle 2.8. Gradle ~/.gradle/caches/