What is recorded here

Man-made underground passage in Rathrippin is a man-made underground passage in Rathrippin, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies a deep unlined oblong pit measuring 5.5 metres northeast-southwest and 22.7 metres northwest-southeast, reaching 0.9 metres deep with almost vertical sides and a flat base. The pit sits close to the inner face of the rath bank at southeast, where a single large stone lies adjacent to the edge. O'Rorke mentioned three caves inside this rath, possibly including this passage.

In a rath (SL026-027001-), close to the inner face of the bank at SSE. A deep unlined oblong pit (5.5m NE-SW; 22.7m NW-SE; D 0.9m) with almost vertical sides, slumped at NE, and a flat base. A single large stone lies on the surface adjacent to the SE edge of the pit. Possibly one of three 'caves' in the interior of the rath (see SL026-027002-; SL026-027003-) which were mentioned by O'Rorke ([1889], vol. 2, 458). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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