What is recorded here
Within the N sector of a rath (GA103-020----). This Man-made underground passage consists of a drystone-built subrectangular chamber (L 5.8m; Wth 1.3m; H 0.85-1.45m) running NNE-SSW. Access is gained at the SSW end and the chamber narrows towards the NNE end where it is 0.9m wide. (McCaffrey 1952, 179, no. 96)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 6 September 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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