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Cave in Caltragh

Man-made underground passage
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Within a ringfort (GA042-061----). Well-preserved drystone-built Man-made underground passage, roughly Z-shaped in plan, consisting of three chambers connected by two creeps. Present access via modern opening at SW end of 1st chamber (L c. 8m, Wth 1.9m at entrance) which runs SW-NE. A creep (L 1.4m, Wth 1.4m max.)…

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Within a ringfort (GA042-061----). Well-preserved drystone-built Man-made underground passage, roughly Z-shaped in plan, consisting of three chambers connected by two creeps. Present access via modern opening at SW end of 1st chamber (L c. 8m, Wth 1.9m at entrance) which runs SW-NE. A creep (L 1.4m, Wth 1.4m max.) leading N, at NE end, accesses 2nd chamber (L 8.95m) which runs roughly N-S. The 2nd creep (L 0.63m Wth 0.61m), at NE end of this chamber, leads to 3rd chamber (L 9.2m) which runs E-W. A plan of the Man-made underground passage drawn up by Costello (1903, 9) indicates that a possible 4th chamber extended off SW end of 1st chamber, in a N-S direction. It is described (ibid.) as being 'much filled up and only a small part remains open'. All that survives is a dug-out hollow strewn with collapsed stone. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA042-061001

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  • Enda O Flaherty, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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