Cave in Ballyogan, passage in County Clare

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

On a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. Situated within an enclosure (CL026-057001-) of which there are no visible remains at ground level and within which a modern house has been built. A drystone-built and corbelled passage (8.9m N-S; 1.4-1.65m E-W; H 1.57-1.62m), aligned NE-SW, entered at the N, is partly built on rock outcrop (L 3.2m) on the E side with ten lintels (Wth 0.6-1m), nine of which remain. The floor is clay, but much of it is obscured with rubble. It is now closed with an iron gate.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL026-057002

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