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Man-made underground passage in Killagh More

Man-made underground passage

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Killagh More holds a man-made underground passage inside a ringfort, preserving a T-shaped hollow nearly ten metres long. Large lintel stones still line its sides and bottom, proving people built the chamber rather than digging a ordinary pit. The western arm may have stored goods, hidden people or served a ritual purpose no longer spoken aloud. Grass and silence have since buried the chamber, leaving only its shape to suggest the ringfort contained more than an open living space.
In WNW sector of a ringfort (GA086-168----). What is visible is an overgrown and roughly T-shaped hollow, up to 0.5m in depth, its long axis (L 9.8m, Wth 2m) running WNW-ESE. A small depression (L 2.3m, Wth 2.3m) opens off to N towards its SE end. Several large lintel-like stones are visible along its sides and bottom. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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