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Man-made underground passage in Carraun (leyny By., Banada Ed)

Man-made underground passage

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Man-made underground passage in Carraun (leyny By., Banada Ed) is a man-made underground passage in Carraun (leyny By., Banada Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. A ground collapse around 1978 exposed a stone-lined passage about 0.7 metres wide, but it was infilled and no longer has visible remains. A rath lies about 30 metres to the north-northeast on the same gentle east-facing slope.
On a gentle E-facing slope. According to local information, the ground collapsed here c. 1978 exposing a stone-lined passage (Wth c. 0.7m) which was subsequently infilled. There are now no visible remains of it. A rath (SL037-028----) lies c. 30m to NNE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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