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Cave in Termon

Man-made underground passage

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Within the NW quadrant of a cashel (GA128-082----). This partially collapsed drystone-built Man-made underground passage (L >9.8m), consisting of three chambers, is roughly F-shaped in plan. Access is gained at the W end of the 1st chamber (L 3m; Wth 1.1m; H 1.5m) which runs E-W. The 2nd chamber (L 5m) extends from the E end of its S side-wall and runs N-S, extending 1m to the N of the junction with the 1st chamber. A 3rd chamber (L 1.8m; Wth 1.4m), which survives as a rubble-filled depression, extends southwards from near the W end of S side-wall of the 1st chamber.
Within the NW quadrant of a cashel (GA128-082----). This partially collapsed drystone-built Man-made underground passage (L >9.8m), consisting of three chambers, is roughly F-shaped in plan. Access is gained at the W end of the 1st chamber (L 3m; Wth 1.1m; H 1.5m) which runs E-W. The 2nd chamber (L 5m) extends from the E end of its S side-wall and runs N-S, extending 1m to the N of the junction with the 1st chamber. A 3rd chamber…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA128-082001

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Leomyhero at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Dr Charles Nelson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Humphrey Bolton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Dr Charles Nelson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Robert Bone, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Thomas Thiele, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

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