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Cave in Rakerin

Man-made underground passage
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What is recorded here

Within the N sector of the interior of a possible rath (GA123-082----). No visible surface trace of the Man-made underground passage survives. A school was built to the SW and the school yard now overlies the site.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA123-082001

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