What is recorded here

Caves (Site of) is a man-made underground passage in Toberbride, County Sligo, Ireland. The collapsed roofless passage lies within the southern edge of a low circular rise, extends four metres from north to south, measures one metre wide and one metre deep, and remains choked with brambles. A lintel at the northern end covers a low opening to another drystone-built passage, while two further lintels protrude from the ground ten metres north.

In the S half of a rath (SL026-026001-), close to the scarp of the rath at S. A low roughly circular rise (14m N-S; 13m E-W), marked by long grass and brambles, from which loose stones protrude, especially on the E side. Within the S edge of the rise is a collapsed roofless Man-made underground passage passage (L 4m N-S, Wth 1m; D 1m), choked with brambles. At the N end is an in situ lintel covering a low opening (H 0.3m) to a drystone-built passage which extends to the N. Roughly 10m to N, protruding from the ground, are two further in situ lintels, 1.3m apart. 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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