Lisclogh, man-made underground passage in County Galway

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What is recorded here

On a rise in otherwise level grassland. Circular rath (D 26m), in fair condition, defined by two banks and an intervening fosse. A field wall overlies the outer bank from N to NE. In W sector of the interior, a circular house (D 4m) is defined by a grassed-over stone wall; to S, there is a rectangular hollow (L 3m); possibly a Man-made underground passage. II - North Galway'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA073-110001

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