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Man-made underground passage in Aghameelta

Man-made underground passage

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Seven metres of broken stone lie buried beneath the drumlin slope, a forgotten tunnel where human hands once shaped the earth. The collapsed lintels and side-walls still protrude through the rath, waiting for someone to trace their edges in the dark. What was hidden there, and who chose to hide it, has vanished with the roof that fell.
Located towards the top of the S-facing slope of a drumlin. A collapsed underground passage (L 7m; Wth 0.7-1m), of which some broken lintels and the tops of the side-walls can intermittently be seen, is within rath (LE015-021001--) extending SW from the centre. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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