Cave in Cloan, man-made underground passage in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In churchyard c.20m E of church (CO114-025001-). Passage (Wth 1.37m; H 1.52m) opened and investigated for 400 yards in 1940s. Tradition that passage was used by monks of Kilnamanagh Church (CO114-026002-) c. 90m to SE.(McCarthy 1977, 327).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO114-025002

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