What is recorded here
Five metres of blocked drystone tunnel lies beneath a forgotten house in Lisduff, its flat-slab roof still spanning a space narrow enough to force a person into single-file crawling. The passage aligns east-west inside the rath, waiting beneath soil and concrete like a held breath. Someone built it to carry water, hide goods, or escape danger, then sealed it without explanation.
Within the WNW sector of the interior of a rath (LF017-008001-). A report in 1975 (SMR file) recorded that the Man-made underground passage was situated at the N end of a possible house site (LF017-008003-) that is no longer visible at ground level. Within a modern concrete setting is an opening to a blocked-up passage (Wth 1.15m; H 0.73m; L c. 5.4m) aligned E-W. It is constructed of drystone walls and roofed with large, flat slabs.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 6 September 2012
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