Man-made underground passage in Cargin — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Cargin is one of the first places in Ireland where a man-made underground passage appears on the old Fair Plan map, still named Cave inside the church enclosure. The Galway Survey found no surface trace in 1984, yet local memory points to a tunnel running nearly half a kilometre from the graveyard toward Cargin Castle. That absence makes the claim harder to dismiss: someone cut through Galway earth, perhaps to hide, flee, move goods or keep a secret, then let grass and forgetting close the mouth.

Indicated on the OS Fair Plan map within the NW quadrant of the ecclesiastical enclosure (GA055-027001-) associated with ‘Cargin Church’ (GA055-027002-) and named ‘Cave’ in Roman script. On inspection by the Galway Survey in July 1984 no visible surface trace of it was noted. According to local information, ‘a tunnel or Man-made underground passage’ led from the graveyard (GA055-027005-) to ‘Cargin Castle’ (GA055-028----) c. 490m to the SSW (Halpin et al. 2004, 7). Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 18 September 2020

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