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FORTIFIED OUTCROP & Man-made underground passage: DUNSHAMMER in Feigh Alias Dunseverick

FORTIFIED OUTCROP & Man-made underground passage: DUNSHAMMER

What is recorded here

Fortified outcrop and man-made underground passage: Dunshammer. Feigh alias Dunseverick. County Antrim, Ireland. Uncertain period, possibly early Christian. A rock chamber cut into living stone, maybe a hideaway, maybe a worship place, maybe both. The kind of hole people dig when they want to disappear but keep the shape of the world.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as FORTIFIED OUTCROP & Man-made underground passage: DUNSHAMMER. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN; E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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