What is recorded here
No visible trace remains, yet Neary recorded a man-made underground passage inside the Derrymore ringfort in 1914. The earth has swallowed the entrance, but the chamber may still hold its shape beneath the grass. Forgetting has done more work than any builder.
Within ringfort (GA005-044----). According to Neary (1914, 117, no. 58), this ringfort 'contains a Man-made underground passage'. No visible surface trace survives.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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