Man-made underground passage in Lissarow (decies Within Drum By., Ballymacart Par.)

Situated on a gentle N-facing slope of a NW-SE spur, overlooking a NW-SE stream c. 200m to the NE in a deep valley. A drystone-built, corbelled and lintelled passage (L 5.7m; max. Wth 1.4m; max. H c. 1m), extending E from a blocked entrance, is connected through a clay-cut creep with a second drystone-built, corbelled passage (L 6m; Wth 1.5m; H c. 1.5m). The latter curves to the N and terminates in a rock- and earth-cut chamber (dims. 2.7m x 1.9m). It was discovered in 1959 and is now closed. (Rynne 1962) Rynne, E. (1962) Man-made underground passage at Lissarow, near Ardmore, Co. Waterford. JCHAAS, vol. 67, 28-32. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10th October, 2011 Compiled by: Michael Moore