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Cave in Donaghmore Lower

Man-made underground passage
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What is recorded here

A 'cave' (L c. 20m) is indicated on the 1st (1839) ed. OS 6-inch map running roughly E-W across the berm in the N-NW sector of a ringfort (KK008-119001-). This Man-made underground passage was opened in the 1950s and is described as a drystone-built passage.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK008-119002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Andy Ryan / 1803 Productions, credited by Kilkenny GAA, kilkennygaa.ie
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