Cave in Kilkere, passage in County Sligo

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What is recorded here

Map note: Cave in Kilkere appears on the map as a man-made underground passage around Kilkere, County Sligo, Ireland. The past can keep its secrets; the map gives you a starting point.

In the W face of a cliff. The 'Cave' named on the 1914 OS 6-inch map is inaccessible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL041-011

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Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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