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Man-made underground passage in Glaspistol

Man-made underground passage

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One chamber and one narrow passage, cut into the east slope of Castlecoo Hill in Glaspistol. The chamber measures 5.2m long, 1.1 to 1.4m wide and 1.4m high, aligned east-west, with a 0.5m passage leaving its north-west corner toward the north-west. Whether it stored grain, hid people or marked a boundary, the rock was shaped to fit a living purpose.
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 Situated in E slopes of Castlecoo Hill. Partially rock-cut Man-made underground passage consisting of a rectangular chamber (L 5.2m, Wth 1.1-1.4m, H 1.4m) aligned E-W, with a passage (L 0.5m) extending NW from NW corner of chamber. (CLAJ 1977, 17-19)

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