Cave in Rahaly, passage in County Galway

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What is recorded here

In a raised area S of Fahy’s Lough. This rectangular drystone-built Man-made underground passage (L 6m; Wth 1.4m; H 1.2m) runs ENE-WSW. Disturbance around its WSW end suggested that it may originally have been L-shaped in plan and continued further to the S. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 October 2019

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA114-143

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