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Cave in Tooreen West

Man-made underground passage
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Within the interior of a cashel (GA103-188----). Named 'Cave' on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace survives.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA103-188001

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