Cave in Coars, man-made underground passage in County Kerry

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What is recorded here

A collapsed Man-made underground passage (KE080-020001-) occurs in the NW quadrant of the rath's interior and is evidenced by two rectangular sunken areas, up to .7m deep. These indicate that a passage was aligned NW-SE, and traces of slightly corbelled walling are exposed in the sides of one of the depressions. Ua Riain records an incursion into the Man-made underground passage by a 'party of local boys' who discovered eight 'rooms' before retreating (1927). Cork University Press (1996), no. 492.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE080-020001

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