What is recorded here

Under the western half of a Carrowreagh rath, a narrow stone chamber waits behind two lintels. Built with drystone walls and a sloping floor, it stretches three metres into darkness, rising at the far end. People may have hidden tools, children or fears there, using the rath bank as a shield against the open sky.

In the W half of a rath (MA040-020001-), close to the inner face of the bank. A surface opening consists of a gap (1.7m NW−SE; 1m NE−SW) between two in situ lintels, one on the NE edge of the hole and one the SE edge. The opening gives access to the NNE end of a chamber (L 3.3m NNE−SSW; Wth 1.6m at N end; H 0.8m at N end, 1.3m at S end) which extends to SSE. The walls are of drystone construction, with a slight corbelling of the upper courses to support a roof of four large lintels. The chamber appears roughly ovoid in plan, broadest at the NNE end, where the current opening is, with gently curving walls narrowing toward the blind end at S. The floor slopes down gently from N to S, so that the chamber is highest at the S end. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 May 2020

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