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Man-made underground passage in Rathmorrissy

Man-made underground passage

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Rathmorrissy in County Galway contains a shallow hollow aligned northwest-southeast, with a possible lintel at one end suggesting a blocked passage rather than a natural depression. The chamber measures 2.5 metres long, 1.6 metres wide and 0.25 metre deep, small enough for one person to crawl through but large enough to intend deliberate entry. Whatever lived behind that lintel stopped answering long before modern boots reached it.
Within the NW quadrant of the rath GA084-123----. A shallow hollow (L 2.5m; Wth 1.6m; D 0.25m) is aligned NW-SE. At its SE end a possible lintel is visible suggesting the possibility that this is a blocked-up Man-made underground passage. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 12 March 2018

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