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Man-made underground passage in Knocknahur South

Man-made underground passage

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Man-made underground passage in Knocknahur South is a man-made underground passage in Knocknahur South, County Sligo, Ireland. It forms a three segmented zig-zag measuring 12.20 metres by 6.50 metres inside the southwest of a platform ringfort. The passage runs beneath the ringfort bank and reaches the former ditch on the south side while crossing the interior from southwest to northeast.
Located on the N end of a narrow flat-topped hillock in drumlin pasture, overlooking Ballysadare Bay. In the SW of a platform ringfort (SL020-045002-) is a Man-made underground passage. This takes the form of a three segmented zig-zag (L 12.20m by 6.50m). The Man-made underground passage extends under the bank of the ringfort and would have opened into the site of the fosse on the S side. It extends through the interior in the SW and NE direction. Compiled by : Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 13 August 2013

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