Man-made underground passage in Reynella

Situated on the NW face of a small hillock. Ringfort (WM013-085----) 280m to NE, with second ringfort (WM013-094---) 320m to E. Man-made underground passage uncovered during widening of the Mullingar-Kells road in 1932. The works involved cutting into the face of a small hillock by the roadside which uncovered a passage belonging to a Man-made underground passage (Murray 1932, 224). The Man-made underground passage was entered through a short N-S passage, which in turn led to a passage running ENE-WSW which gave access to a rectangular corbelled chamber (dims. 3.8m N-S x 2.3m E-W; H 2.3m) at E end. This road marks the townland boundary with Balrath North and Crosserdree. The entrance to the Man-made underground passage was located immediately SE of a concrete road-side wall and was set into the NW face of a small hillock (approx. dims. 24.7m NE-SW x 18m NW-SE). See attached plan of Man-made underground passage taken from JRSAI 1932, 224. Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 24 July 2018