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Cave (1838).

Man-made underground passage

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The man-made underground passage in Mullaun is in County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the northern half of a rath and has two blocked openings, one in the western bank and the other eleven metres northeast inside the rath. The 1838 map names the passage a cave.
In the N half of a rath (SL031-023001-). Two blocked-up openings were noted, one in the bank at W and the other c. 11m to NE in the interior of the rath. This Man-made underground passage is named 'cave' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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