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Man-made underground passage in Knockaunbrack

Man-made underground passage

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Knockaunbrack holds a T-shaped underground passage inside a ringfort, with a long axis stretching twelve metres and a short branch cutting four metres toward the southwest. Neary called it a dug-out man-made passage in 1914, but the shape still resembles a hidden room more than a simple tunnel. Perhaps people lived beneath the fort, listening to footsteps above while the earth held them in darkness.
Centrally placed within a ringfort (GA005-080----). Described by Neary (1914, 120, no. 12) as 'a dug-out Man-made underground passage'. What is visible is a T-shaped hollow, long axis (L 12m) running NW-SE, short axis (L 4m) running off to SW halfway along its length. 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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