What is recorded here
Clogharoasty holds an L-shaped underground passage beside a rath, its long arm reaching seven metres north-south before bending east. Drystone walls still appear in patches, suggesting people built a controlled route through solid ground rather than leaving a hole for chance. The sharp angle and separate eastern ditch imply a threshold, perhaps for water, trade or ritual memory.
Located within the NW quadrant of a rath (GA106-050----), this Man-made underground passage is indicated by an L-shaped depression (L >12.9m), the long axis (L 7.2m; Wth 1.2m) of which runs N-S. The short axis (L 5.7m) extends from its NE end and runs E-W. Traces of drystone-walling are visible intermittently. A linear depression (L 4.8m Wth 1.5m) 1m further to the E is probably associated.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 27 November 2017
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