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Cave in Cloonfane

Man-made underground passage
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What is recorded here

In ringfort (MA063-029001-). A Man-made underground passage, indicated as ‘Cave’ is shown in the centre of the ringfort on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. A grassed-over rectangular depression (L 3m; Wth 0.8-1m; D 0.3m at NE, 0.8m at SW) is evident at ground surface, extending for 3m on a NE−SW axis. This represents a length of roofless, collapsed Man-made underground passage passage. At its deeper SW end two large slabs, displaced lintels, tip into the depression, and an in situ lintel covers an opening into an intact length of passage (Wth 1m) with drystone walls and lintel roofing, which extends to SW for several meters.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA063-029002

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Charlestown GAA (@CharlestownGAA) via HoganStand; individual photographer not stated, hoganstand.com
  • Kilmovee Shamrocks GAA Club, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
  • Swinford GAA; the page thanks Michael Maye, Rita Campbell and Fiona McDonagh, without assigning the panoramic image to one maker, swinfordgaa.ie
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