What is recorded here
Seven hundred and twenty-six metres of dark water-cut passage stretch beneath Ballymaglancy, where lesser horseshoe bats still fold themselves into the rock. The cave keeps its shape because it remains closed to most people, a living chamber rather than a display. What seems like emptiness is actually a crowded house, breathing in the black.
Within the interior of a rath (GA114-128----). Named 'Cave' on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 26 February 2018
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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