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Man-made underground passage in Kiltamagh

Man-made underground passage

What is recorded here

The underground passage in Kiltamagh, County Mayo, is a forgotten chamber hidden beneath a rath. A large horizontal slab still marks the roof, slightly displaced but clear enough to show that people built the space on purpose. The ground dips a little to the south, suggesting the passage continues below the grass. Whatever it stored or protected has vanished, leaving only a shadow in the earth and a slab waiting to be remembered.
Located in a rath (MA080-031----). A large horizontal slab protrudes slightly from the sod roughly in the centre of the rath interior. This is a roof lintel, possibly slightly displaced, covering a blocked up Man-made underground passage. A slight surface subsidence suggests that the Man-made underground passage passage or chamber extends to S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 2 December 2021

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