What is recorded here
One chamber, one roof, one living edge. The cave is an underground room cut inside a rath in Mayo, likely a dwelling or a hiding place rather than a passive hole. Its ceiling may have fallen or its entrance may have silted shut, leaving only a shallow circular depression in the grass.
In a rath (MA040-053001). A Man-made underground passage, indicated as ‘Cave’, is shown in the S half of the interior on the 1922 OS 6-inch map. There is no definitive trace of this now at ground surface. A small, shallow circular surface depression (diam. 1.4m; D 0.2m) is evident slightly SE of centre; this might be surface subsidence related to the Man-made underground passage.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 May 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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