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Blackwater Sink

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What is recorded here

The Irish Caves Database records Blackwater Sink at Cloghnakeava in County Galway. This point comes from its public cave register. A cave map point does not by itself grant access: check local conditions and ask the landowner where needed.

From the Irish Caves Database, University of Bristol Spelæological Society record 2129

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Dr Charles Nelson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • John M, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • DeeEmm, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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