Man-made underground passage

Within S half of a ringfort (GA029-010----). Fairly well-preserved drystone-built Man-made underground passage consisting of two chambers connected by a creep. Present access via displaced roof lintel in 1st chamber L 12m, Wth 1.7m) which runs E-W. The E half is robbed out. A creep and short passage (L 4m, Wth 0.9m) near SW end lead to 2nd chamber (L 8m) which runs NW-SE. (Costello 1902b, 111; Costello 1903, 3-4) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010