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Man-made underground passage in Cloonigny

Man-made underground passage

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One chamber is a long east-west tunnel, the other a short south-facing box, and together they form a T shape under the grass. The main passage stretches 10.8m, averages 2.8m wide and reaches 1.3m deep at the east end; the smaller chamber measures 2.8m by 2.7m and joins the main tunnel halfway along. The shape suggests a built space rather than a random hole, perhaps a storage room, ritual place or hidden way through the ringfort.
In NE quadrant of a ringfort (GA074-031----). What is visible is a grassy T-shaped hollow, the longer arm (L 10.8m) of which runs E-W. This averages 2.8m in width and is up to 1.3m in depth at E end. About halfway along its length, a second hollow (L 2.8m, Wth 2.7m) opens off its S side. 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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