Man-made underground passage in Courtbane — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Fourteen metres of dry stone curve from north to southeast beneath Courtbane, blocking at both ends in rubble. The passage is one metre wide and twelve metres high enough to crouch but not stand, a narrow throat dug beside the old ringfort. It may have hidden people, tools or memory when the surface world turned dangerous, but collapse has erased the answer. What remains is shape: a made hole in the earth, patient and dark, waiting for someone to listen.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Consists of a section of a drystone-built passage (L 14m, Wth 1m, H 1.2m) curving gently N to SE and blocked at both ends by collapse. Discovered at site of ringfort (LH003-017001-). Investigated by A.B. Ó Ríordáin. (NMI file)

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