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Man-made underground passage in Rappareehill

Man-made underground passage
Man-made underground passage in Rappareehill
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Ten metres of forgotten tunnel stretch beneath a rath in County Longford, bending into an L-shape before collapsing into a shallow depression. People dug through solid earth there, perhaps to hide, reach water or connect rooms now lost. The passage has vanished except for a narrow scar in the ground, yet the angle of that scar still points toward the hidden route below.
Within the WNW sector of a rath (LF018-015001-). An L-shaped depression (Wth 1.2m; max. D 0.3m) may mark the site of a collapsed Man-made underground passage. Its long axis (L 10.7m) runs ENE-WSW . The short axis (L c. 8m) extends off its ENE end and runs NNW-SSE. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 6 September 2012

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