Man-made underground passage in Rinbaun

In pasture, on the summit of a drumlin. A lintel (L 1.6m; max. Wth 0.59m; max. T 0.32m) was uncovered during ploughing, exposing a passage (L 0.94m E-W). The passage consists of a trench (Wth c. 1.7m), lined on both sides by drystone-walling and roofed by lintels. The passage is filled with a deposit of soil which extends to within 0.2m of the underside of the lintels. The soil has been dug away by the landowner in places to a depth of 1m. The stratigraphy consists of dark topsoil overlying a grey-brown silt and gravel. The passage appears to extend downhill to W. Above the lintels is a layer (T 0.12m) of stones. 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