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Man-made underground passage in Carrownaraha

Man-made underground passage

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Carrownaraha holds a grass-covered hollow beside its rath, hiding three chambers beneath a broken lintel and drystone wall. The passage waits under ordinary turf, large enough to swallow a room yet small enough to forget until darkness takes it. People may have built it for storage, ritual or escape, but the roof has failed and the chambers have gone quiet. What remains is a shape in the earth, deep enough to suggest intention and empty enough to keep its own counsel.
Located in the W half of a rath (MA070-209----). The Man-made underground passage appears as an irregular, grass-covered surface hollow (max. dim. c. 15m N-S; c. 10m E-W) on the WSW side of the rath. A portion of drystone walling and a broken roof lintel are exposed. According to local information, the Man-made underground passage contains three chambers. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 October 2012

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