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Cave in Gurraunard

Man-made underground passage
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What is recorded here

Within and against the enclosing bank in the WSW sector of a rath (MA070-113001-). Recorded as ‘Cave’ on the first edition (1837) of the OS 6-inch map. An elongated hollow (L 8m N–S; Wth 3.2m; D 0.8m at S to 1.1m at N) may be the remains of a robbed-out Man-made underground passage. Date of visit: 9-5-2025   Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA070-113002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Tripadvisor contributor; photographer not stated, Tripadvisor
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Alan Reid, Wikimedia Commons
  • Western People; photographer not stated (Stuart Tynan is article author), www.westernpeople.ie
  • Breaffy Area community website; individual photographer not stated, breaffyarea.weebly.com
  • Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain
  • Suzanne Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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