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Man-made underground passage in Cahernamona

Man-made underground passage

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Eleven and a half metres of drystone passage once cut through the west half of the Cahernamona rath, but collapse has reduced most of it to a shallow depression. Only a small chamber remains standing near the middle, its roof intact while broken lintels scatter the north end. The south half has surrendered entirely to soil, leaving faint wall traces beneath the surface. Whatever lived inside that long dark tube has mostly vanished, yet the surviving chamber still holds its shape like a paused breath.
In the W half of a rath (GA097-047----). This drystone-built Man-made underground passage (L 11.5m), running N-S, has almost completely collapsed and only a short section (L 1.5m; Wth 1.5m) remains intact around its mid-point. Collapsed roof lintels are visible in the N half. The S half consists of a depression within which traces of the side-walls are evident. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 13 January 2017

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