Man-made underground passage in Ballyglass (kilconnell By.) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

A rough T-shaped hollow lies beneath the southern ringfort at Ballyglass, its long chamber stretching eight metres into the earth while a shorter branch cuts across near one end. Large stones still line the sides, though a fallen trunk and thick growth now hide much of the shape. People may have built the passage to store grain, keep tools dry or move through the fort when storms closed the gates. Whatever it served, the dug lines and set stones prove the ground was never empty or unknown.

In SW quadrant of S rath of a conjoined ringfort (GA086-040002-). What is visible is an overgrown roughly T-shaped depression partially obscured by a fallen tree trunk. Its long axis (L 8.3m, Wth 3.8m) runs NNW-SSE and is up to 1.2m in depth. The junction with the shorter axis (L 4m, Wth 2.9m) lies 3m from its SE end and it runs ESE-WSW. Some large stones are visible along its sides. 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

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