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Man-made underground passage in Carrowgavneen

Man-made underground passage

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Man-made underground passage in Carrowgavneen is a man-made underground passage in Carrowgavneen, County Sligo, Ireland. A collapsed passage lies in the NE quadrant of a rath, forming an L-shaped depression 2m wide and 0.7m deep with 3m expanded ends and protruding stones. Its 10m shorter section joins the rath bank at the north, then follows the curved bank line for about 19m north-northeast.
In the NE quadrant of a rath (SL025-038----). A roughly L-shaped depression (Wth 2m; D 0.7m) with expanded ends (Wth 3m) and stones protruding from the sides may indicate a collapsed Man-made underground passage. The shorter section (L 10m N-S) joins the bank of the rath at the N and follows its curved line for c. 19m N-NE. 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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