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Man-made underground passage in Gortaphuill (athlone North By.)

Man-made underground passage

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Man-made underground passage in Gortaphuill (athlone North By.) is a man-made underground passage in Gortaphuill (athlone North By.), County Roscommon, Ireland. The drystone-built passage has a 2m lintel, 0.75m width and 0.2m height, oriented NE-SW on a gentle ENE-facing slope. Its NE end connects to a 2.6m collapsed section leading into a 7m circular depression, while Rath RO047-029 stands 100m to the WNW.
On a gentle ENE-facing slope. A lintel of a drystone-built but inaccessible passage (L 2m; Wth 0.75m; H 0.2m) is oriented NE-SW with a further length of exposed and collapsed passage (L 2.6m) at its NE end, which leads to a circular depression (diam. c. 7m). Rath (RO047-029----) is c. 100m to the WNW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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