Cave in Raruddy West, passage in County Galway

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What is recorded here

Within the interior of a rath (GA105-181----). Named 'Cave' on the 1838 edition and 1929 revision of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA105-181001

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