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Man-made underground passage in Caheravoostia

Man-made underground passage

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Caheravoostia hides a man-made underground passage inside a ringfort, proving the area contained more than open fields. The T-shaped earthwork measures seventy-five centimetres on one axis and seventy-seven on the other, small enough to overlook but deliberate enough to build. People may have dug it for storage, escape or ritual, while others forgot the entrance entirely.
N of centre, in ringfort (MA118-051----). A low earthwork in a T shape pattern (N-S axis L 7.5m; E-W axis L 7.7m). Inaccessible at time of survey. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 540. Date of upload: 22 November 2013

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