Cave in Gortnaporia, passage in County Galway

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What is recorded here

Within an earthwork (GA042-142----). A drystone-built Man-made underground passage, consisting of a passage/gallery (L 4.3m, Wth c. 1.4m) running SE-NW. Access is presently gained via an opening (Wth 0.63m) at SE, at which point the passage is choked with collapse. The NW end terminates in a squared-off end wall. A stone-lined depression to SE, of the opening suggests that the Man-made underground passage extended further in this direction. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA042-142001

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