Cave in Gorteenaniska, passage in County Galway

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What is recorded here

In flat pastureland. This drystone-built Man-made underground passage (Wth c. 1.3m) is blocked up but from a visual inspection it appears to run NNE-SSW. Slight traces of a straight bank (L c. 28m) are visible to its W. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 8 October 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA114-077

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