What is recorded here

Twenty-two metres of broken stone still twist through the dark beneath Ballynamanagh West, folding north, west and north again like a forgotten thought. The final chamber has collapsed into a shallow ridge of rubble, yet one lintel still bridges the gap above the debris. Whatever lived or hid in that turning passage left no name behind, only a shape the earth never learned to erase.

Within the SW quadrant of a rath (GA103-041----). This drystone-built Man-made underground passage (L 21.8m) is very ruined and has partially collapsed but four distinct sections of its roughly stepped ground plan are identifiable. The section (L 6.3m; Wth 3m) nearest to the enclosing bank runs SSW-NNE and is inaccessible. At its NNE end the passage (L 4m) turns and runs NW-SE. It turns again at NW and runs NE-SW (L 7m). The NE end culminates in a pile of stones (L 4.5m) running E-W. An exposed lintel is visible among this material. (McCaffrey 1952, 182, no. 6) Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 5 January 2017

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