What is recorded here

Mysterious underground passages near Ballinloughan hint at hidden routes beneath ordinary farmland. People may have built them to move goods, escape danger or reach sacred water without being seen. The soil above still acts natural, but the space below remains deliberately shaped for human use.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of one or two Man-made underground passages close to Man-made underground passage LH006-128----. (CLAJ 1904, 39)

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