What is recorded here
Man-made underground passage in Gortnadrass is a man-made underground passage in Gortnadrass, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the east half inside a rath. A narrow channel two metres wide and sixty centimetres deep stretches seven metres from west to east before bending north for three metres. Rushes grow at the base of the depression.
In the E half of the interior of a rath (SL032-017001-). A linear depression (Wth 2m; D 0.6m) extends for 7m on an E-W axis, turning N for 3m at the E end. Rushes grow at the base of the depression.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
IndicatedFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 399 yd
Indicated (1838).Fairy fort / earthen ringfort · 1044 yd
Carrowmore National Schoolschool · 1.3 mi
CastleCastle, unclassified · 1.6 mi
European ashEuropean ash · 2.7 mi
ElderElder · 3.1 mi
Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 5.1 mi
James MorrisonMemorial · 8.6 mi
Ballinlig PointHeadland · 8.6 mi