Man-made underground passage in Haynestown

On a natural rise in pasture, with spectacular views to the N-NE onto the Mourne Mountains, elsewhere undulating terrain restricts the views. Drystone built Man-made underground passage with two openings in the N-facing slope of a rise just below the summit. The first opening is through a partially collapsed roof of a corbelled beehive chamber (diam. of floor level 1.9m, H c. 1.5m) which is now filled with collapsed stone. A passage (L c. 3.5m; H c. 1.3m) leads off this chamber in a S-N direction and it narrows from the floor to the roof (Wth at base c. 1m; Wth at roof c 0.70m). The second opening is c. 0.5m to the S of the first and from this a poorer preserved passage continues for a further 4m (Wth c.1.30m; H 1.20m) where it is completely blocked by collapsed material. (McKeown 2003, 275-6) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 4 May 2012