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Man-made underground passage in Cartrondoogan (annagh Ed)

Man-made underground passage
Man-made underground passage in Cartrondoogan (annagh Ed)
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Cartrondoogan holds a collapsed underground passage beneath its ringfort, revealing only a curving hollow ten and a half metres long. The displaced stones at its base suggest human hands shaped the darkness before time buried the entrance. People may have walked that hidden tunnel during storms or kept secrets there, but the earth has taken the path back.
In SE quadrant of a ringfort (GA073-051----). What is visible is a curving hollow (L 10.5m, Wth 1.5m), C-shaped in plan, in the base of which some displaced stones are visible. The remains are consistent with those of a collapsed Man-made underground passage. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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