What is recorded here
Ballynacourty is a man-made underground passage in County Galway, Ireland, associated with a rath.
Associated with a rath (GA103-023----). Holt (1912, 233) noted that a 'low mound W of centre of garth presumably marks a Man-made underground passage'. The rath has been levelled and no visible surface trace of it or the possible Man-made underground passage survives.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 5 January 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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