What is recorded here
Ballyculloo in County Galway contains a hidden man-made passage inside a rath, though no surface trace remains for modern eyes to follow. McCaffrey noted the feature in 1952, preserving a ghost of human intention beneath soil that has since swallowed the entrance. The absence of visible marks does not erase the passage; it simply returns the building to darkness, waiting for someone reckless enough to dig or patient enough to listen for hollow echoes under the grass.
Within the interior of a rath (GA103-012----). Noted by McCaffrey (1952 177, no. 68); no visible surface trace survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 14 October 2016
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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