What is recorded here

Two stone chambers face each other across a narrow throat in a forgotten rath beside Lough Murree. The northern chamber still stands under massive lintels, while the southern chamber has closed to human entry. The missing roofstone and small breathing holes suggest people once moved through this hidden H-shaped house, using the north chamber and leaving the south chamber sealed to memory.

In a poorly preserved rath (CL002-068001-), in good-quality meadowland, on a gentle W-facing slope c. 100m SE of Lough Murree. A drystone-built Man-made underground passage comprising two chambers, one N and the other S, connected by a narrow passage, forming a H-shaped plan. The passage (L 1.2m; Wth 1m) has its roofstone removed and gives access through a lintelled ope (Wth 0.7m; H 1.4m) to the mid-section of N chamber. The N chamber (L 4.6m E–W; Wth 1.8–2m) is subrectangular with slightly rounded ends (Wth 1m). It is capped by massive roof lintels between which some very wide joints are cross-lintelled by smaller flags. The clay floor is visible only at the W end, where the height from floor to roof is 1.6m. The E and W gable ends have small niches. The E one (0.4 x 0.4m) is at floor level and the W one (L 0.6m; H 0.4m) is 0.4m above present floor level. Two air vents occur on the N wall just below the top of the inwardly projecting corbelling course carrying the roof lintels, one mid-way along the wall (0.4 x 0.25m) and the other (0.3m x 0.18m) near the E end. The S chamber is not accessible, but a small hole allows limited visual inspection. It appears to be of similar construction, orientation, and size to the N chamber. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 9 December 2020

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