What is recorded here
Situated on ENE side of a natural rise, on the demesne lands of Oldtown House located 230m to NW. The Man-made underground passage lies immediately W side of the townland boundary with Corkan. Site of church (WM017-063----), abbey (WM017-054---) and possible ogham stone (WM017-054002-) 230m to NW. Man-made underground passage (WM017-057----) 300m to NE, second Man-made underground passage (WM017-051----) annotated 'Cave' located 375m to W.
Depicted on the 1837 OS 6-inch map as a small circular feature (approx. diam. 7m) that is annotated ‘Cave’. Monument not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. No surface remains of Man-made underground passage described in 1971 as ‘inaccessible’ with ‘no visible trace of a superstructure’. A roughly oval shaped cropmark (WM017-055001-) visible on Digital Globe aerial photography to the immediate W of the townland boundary could be the remains of a levelled ringfort associated with the Man-made underground passage.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 13 December 2018
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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