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Cave in Killosolan

Man-made underground passage

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Within a ringfort (GA046-059----). A well-preserved drystone-built Man-made underground passage, T-shaped in plan, consisting of two chambers connected by a creep. Access is gained via the partially collapsed S end of the 1st chamber (L 6.95m, Wth 1.83m) which runs N-S. The creep (L 3.2m, Wth 0.43m, H 0.67m), running E-W, is about midway along W wall of this chamber. It is on a higher level than the chamber floors and is approached, on both sides, by three steep steps. The 2nd chamber (L 5.9m, Wth 1.82), also running E-W, has a steep upwardly sloping passage (L 3m) at its W end which exits on the outer face of the bank of the rath. There is a small recess in S wall of this chamber, near W end. II - North Galway'.
Within a ringfort (GA046-059----). A well-preserved drystone-built Man-made underground passage, T-shaped in plan, consisting of two chambers connected by a creep. Access is gained via the partially collapsed S end of the 1st chamber (L 6.95m, Wth 1.83m) which runs N-S. The creep (L 3.2m, Wth 0.43m, H 0.67m), running E-W, is about midway along W wall of this chamber. It is on a higher level than the chamber floors and is…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA046-059001

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