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Cave in Dunbur Head

Man-made underground passage
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What is recorded here

Probably natural sea caves, but adjacent to a church (WI025-017001-), and possibly used as Man-made underground passages while the ecclesiastical site was in use.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI025-015

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  • Jonjobaker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • 瑞丽江的河水 / Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Eirian Evans, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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