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Man-made underground passage in Corimla South

Man-made underground passage

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Corimla South holds a vanished stone-lined hole inside a rath, visible in the mid 20th century but absent by 1995. The missing passage may still lie beneath the highest ground in the northwest, hidden inside a shallow four-metre depression. People once cut through earth and fitted stone there, perhaps to keep water out, hide things or reach another part of the settlement. The rath keeps that much of the shape, even if the hole has stopped answering when questioned.
Located in a rath (MA031-040). According to local information, there was ‘a hole lined with stones’ in the N end of the rath. This was still visible in the mid 20th century, but was not evident when the rath was inspected in 1995. It may relate to a shallow linear depression (L 4m; Wth 1.4m), with a low, raised lip on the W side, which is located where the interior ground level is highest in the NW of the rath interior. An unenclosed Man-made underground passage (MA031-039----) is located c. 50m to N of the rath. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 19 June 2018

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