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Man-made underground passage in Shanrath East

Man-made underground passage

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Shanrath East in County Kildare holds a curvilinear shadow inside a levelled rath, visible only when overhead light catches the S sector. Whether people dug a passage there or simply cut a ditch remains unknown, but the shape resists ordinary explanation. A rath is a threshold place, and thresholds often hide rooms. The field has forgotten the entrance while preserving the line of the way.
In the S sector of a levelled rath (KD035-025----). Visible on a 1989 aerial photo (GB89.O.03) as the cropmark of a curvilinear feature, possibly a Man-made underground passage. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 13 December 2013

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