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Man-made underground passage in Killeen

Man-made underground passage

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Under Killeen, men dug a passage through living rock, creating a cave that tradition still remembers though no human name remains attached to the work. Maybe it was a shelter, a hiding place or a route toward water; in darkness those purposes become hard to separate. The stones still hold the shape of that choice, waiting for a lantern and the admission that people once believed the earth should open for them.
The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Local tradition of a 'cave'.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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