Man-made underground passage in Ballintober (killaan Ed) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Half a metre deep and five metres long, the hidden passage lies beneath nettles in the northwest quadrant of a Ballintober ringfort. Local tradition calls it a cave, yet a landowner already dragged a large slab from the site, proving the earth can be opened and changed. The depression still waits for someone brave enough to dig past the stinging greens and test whether tradition or stone tells the truth.

In NW quadrant of a ringfort (GA086-033----). According to local tradition, there is a 'cave' within this ringfort. All that is visible is a nettle-filled depression (L 5.7m, Wth 2.2m), running ENE-WSW and up to 0.5m in depth. The landowner removed a large slab from here some years ago. 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

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.