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Cave in Cloonlumney

Man-made underground passage
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In a rath (MA062-017001-). A Man-made underground passage is shown on the 1837 edition OS 6-inch map in the N half of the rath, where it is indicated as a circular feature, annotated ‘Cave’; it is not shown on the 1919 edition. There is no obvious evidence of the Man-made underground passage in the E half of the rath interior, and dense overgrowth impeded full inspection of the W half. It is possible that a D-shaped raised area/possible hut site (MA062-017003-) roughly in the centre of the interior may mark the location of the Man-made underground passage.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA062-017002

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Photo credits
  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Pamela Norrington, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • 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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