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Cave

Man-made underground passage

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Cave is a man-made underground passage in Cashel North, County Sligo, Ireland. The visible chamber collapsed into a roughly circular depression measuring 9.5 metres northeast-southwest and 8 metres northwest-southeast, reaching 0.5 metre depth. A low irregular earth rim surrounds the hollow, with animal burrow upcast visible on the south side.
In the NW quadrant of a rath (SL025-090001-). Close to the bank of the rath at W is a roughly circular depression (9.5m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE; D 0.5m), possibly a collapsed Man-made underground passage chamber. The hollow is surrounded by a low irregular rim of earth, some of which on the S side is upcast from animal burrows. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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