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Cave in Tonlemone

Man-made underground passage

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On the crest of a W-facing slope. Marked on the 1837 and 1928 eds of the OS 6-inch map and described in italic script on both as 'Cave'. It is described as having two square rooms (OS Name Book). One lintel (dims 1.2m x 0.7m; T 0.2m) in a depression (dims 1m x 1m; D 0.4m) is visible with the tops of the side-walls of a passage which ran NE-SW. The passage is filled with field stones and is inaccessible.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO053-003

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Jan Wyk, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
  • Christian Pirkl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
  • Willthacheerleader18, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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