What is recorded here

Cloonacalleen holds an L-shaped underground passage beside a ringfort, with one arm stretching six metres and the other turning north for six more. The sharp bend suggests people cut through solid ground rather than following a natural crack. Perhaps they built a hidden route for goods, prayer or flight when the land above became dangerous.

In NE quadrant of a ringfort (GA073-066----). What is visible is an L-shaped hollow (L 12.3m, Wth 2.9m). The longer arm (L 6.3m) follows a roughly WSW-ENE axis before turning sharply to N at its WSW end, and continuing on a roughly NNW-SSE axis (L 6m). 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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