What is recorded here

Gallonreagh rath in County Cavan still holds an L-shaped scar where a timber passage may have cut through the western bank. The longer groove stretches six metres toward the southeast while the shorter arm reaches three metres northeast, both sinking forty-five centimetres into the earth. People may have crawled through darkness beneath the rampart, listening for water or breath in the wood. The passage is gone, but the hole remains sharp enough to show that the ground remembers what hands removed.

At Gallonreagh rath (CV023-020002-). An L-shaped depression, the longer leg (L 6m; Wth 1.5m; D 0.45m) running NW-SE and the other (L 3m; Wth 1.2m; D 0.45m) aligned NE-SW, cutting through the bank at W, may mark the site of a timber Man-made underground passage. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008

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