Man-made underground passage

On W-facing slope of a ridge in grassland. Marked on 3rd ed. of OS 6-inch map (1930) as an isolated Man-made underground passage; it appears to have been known locally as 'Sálín Crú (Sawleen Crew)' (Topgr. Files, NMI). According to Neary (1914, 119, no. 21). 'The entrance chamber is lined with loose-stone masonry, and is roofed with heavy flags. It is at present 5 ft. [1.5m] wide, 9 ft. [2.75m] long, and 5 ft. high. It was very much deeper. The passage led E. at a depth … of five feet, but it has been clogged with sand by burrowing rabbits'. No visible surface traces survive. Two ringforts (GA005-075---- and GA005-006----) lie 275m to E and 375m to SE respectively. 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