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Man-made underground passage in Cronin

Man-made underground passage

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Man-made underground passage in Cronin is a man-made underground passage in Cronin, County Roscommon, Ireland. It lies on a gentle south-facing slope about thirty metres south of a rath. People discovered the four-metre passage in 1934, and local description says it leads through a creep to a beehive chamber. The passage closed around 1980.
On a gentle S-facing slope c. 30m S of rath (RO047-010001-). An underground passage was discovered in 1934 (Irish Times 3-1-34; Connaught Tribune 6-1-34) which is described locally as a passage (L c. 4m) leading through a creep to a beehive chamber. It was closed c. 1980. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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