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Cave in Ardacarha

Man-made underground passage
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What is recorded here

In a rath (MA071-008). This Man-made underground passage is indicated as ‘Cave’on the W edge of the rath on the 1838 and 1931 OS 6-inch maps. The Man-made underground passage is exposed in a semicircular quarried out section (4m by 4m) of the rath scarp at WNW. An opening (H 1.3m) in the vertical face of the quarried area at a depth of 0.55−0.6m below interior ground surface reveals a drystone chamber (Wth c. 2m N−S). The walls are constructed of large, rough irregular stones and are corbelled to support large stone roof lintels. The floor of the chamber appears to slope down from W to E. The chamber is largely concealed by a thicket of brambles and difficult to examine.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA071-008001

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Western People; photographer not stated (Stuart Tynan is article author), www.westernpeople.ie
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Swinford GAA; the page thanks Michael Maye, Rita Campbell and Fiona McDonagh, without assigning the panoramic image to one maker, swinfordgaa.ie
  • Kiltimagh GAA Club; individual photographer not named, kiltimaghgaaclub.com
  • Ridiculopathy, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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