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Cave in Kilcashel

Man-made underground passage
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Located in the SW quadrant of a cashel (MA073-030001-). Indicated as 'Cave' on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. A collapsed Man-made underground passage passage or chamber is evident as a sunken area (1.8m E-W; 1m N-S; D 0.70m) defined on the N side by drystone walling. A single lintel remains in situ and an adjacent…

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Located in the SW quadrant of a cashel (MA073-030001-). Indicated as 'Cave' on the 1838 and 1919 OS 6-inch maps. A collapsed Man-made underground passage passage or chamber is evident as a sunken area (1.8m E-W; 1m N-S; D 0.70m) defined on the N side by drystone walling. A single lintel remains in situ and an adjacent stone slab appears to be a displaced lintel. At the N end of the sunken area, a surface linear feature, consisting of disturbed stony ground, extends for c. 6m to ENE towards two possible houses (MA073-030002-; MA073-030005-), and may indicate a continuation of the Man-made underground passage. A large slab, obliquely protruding from a slight surface hollow, c. 3m to N of the sunken area, may also be part of the Man-made underground passage.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA073-030003

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  • Duncan Grant, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kilmovee Shamrocks GAA Club, via Connaught Telegraph; individual photographer not named, www.con-telegraph.ie
  • David Purchase, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • GAA.ie; photographer not named, www.gaa.ie
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
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