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Man-made underground passage in Inchmore Island

Man-made underground passage

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Man-made underground passage in Inchmore Island is a man-made underground passage in Inchmore Island, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the southwest quadrant of a graveyard as a subrectangular sunken area measuring 4 metres north-northwest to south-southeast and 5 metres east-northeast to west-southwest. The north corner shows drystone walling that may mark a collapsed chamber, while local information identifies a possible visible roof lintel.
In the SW quadrant of a graveyard (SL046-038002-). A subrectangular sunken area (4m NNW-SSE; 5m ENE-WSW), the N corner of which appears to be defined by drystone-walling, may indicated a collapsed Man-made underground passage chamber. According to local information, a possible roof lintel is also visible (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). 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

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