What is recorded here
Cave is a man-made underground passage in Rusheen (tirerrill By., Ballynakill Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It lies inside a rath, built against the inner face of the bank at the north-north-east. The drystone passage is roughly 0.8 metre wide, 1.2 metre deep and 8 metres long on a north-west to south-east axis, with lintels above.
In a rath (SL027-110001-), against the inner face of the bank of the rath at NNE. A drystone-built passage (Wth c. 0.8m; D 1.2m) roofed with lintels, extends for 8m on a roughly NW-SE axis.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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