What is recorded here

Man-made underground passage in Shancough (leyny By.) is a man-made underground passage in Shancough (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland. In the north-west quadrant of a rath, a collapsed passage one metre wide and 0.65 metres deep extends 6.8 metres south from close to the bank, turns east-north-east for 8.6 metres, then south for 2 metres. A roughly circular slightly sunken area about 10 metres east-west lies immediately to the south.

In the NW quadrant of a rath (SL025-040001-). A collapsed passage (Wth 1m; D 0.65m) extends 6.8m southwards from close to the bank of the rath at NW and then turns ENE for a further 8.6m and then S for another 2m. There is a roughly circular slightly sunken area (c. 10m E-W) immediately to S. 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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