Cave in Droim Snámha, passage in County Galway

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What is recorded here

Within S half of a rath (GA054-017----). Well-preserved, twin-chambered, drystone-built Man-made underground passage. A creep connects first chamber (L 8.8m), running N-S, to a second (L 5.75m) which runs E-W. There are openings at either end, one in the fosse of the rath at SE and the other close to E end of the second chamber: both are probably modern breaches. I - West Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA039-017001

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