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Man-made underground passage

Man-made underground passage

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The passage is a man-made underground chamber in County Galway, Ireland. It lies inside a ringfort and stretches sixteen metres eight centimetres through solid ground. Stone walls still stand at both sides, though the north end has fallen in. A person could walk the roofed southern part and feel the dark close above.
In SW quadrant of a ringfort (GA060-005----). A drystone-built rectangular chamber (L 16.8m) running NNE-SSW. The N end has collapsed inwards leaving only the side-walls visible. Access is possible to the roofed section to S from here. 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

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