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Cave in Ballylin West

Man-made underground passage

What is recorded here

Within the centre of a rath (GA104-040----). This inaccessible drystone-built chamber (L >3m) runs N-S. The interior may be viewed from a very small gap at N end. (McCaffrey 1952, 214, no. 71) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 22 December 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA104-040001

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