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Man-made underground passage in Trippul East

Man-made underground passage

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Moss hems the boulder like a green tongue, hiding the stone throat beneath. The passage waits under Trippul East, closed to most but never forgotten by the land. A rath stands half-cut by a track, its earthen bank broad enough to carry rain into memory. What was built there may have been birth, burial, refuge or rehearsal for darkness. The ground keeps its shape because some human hand believed the underneath mattered.
KE001-046---- is a univallate rath is roughly cut in half by a track running in a NW-SE direction. The sub-circular area is enclosed by a low wide earthen bank. In the WNW sector of the interior is a moss-covered boulder covering a Man-made underground passage (KE001-046001-) now inaccessible, which was constructed of stone. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 144. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013

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