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RATH & Man-made underground passage in Ballindreen Scotch

RATH & Man-made underground passage

What is recorded here

Mutton and maths, not ghost stories. The chamber has no door because it is a math chamber: a solid floor, a smooth roof and a narrow throat that swallows a man standing upright. The chamber is a container for the life of the tower above it. The tower is the visible part of the chamber; the chamber is the hidden part of the tower. Both are one instrument. A man may drop a marble into the throat and count the delay before the marble strikes the floor. That measurement is the chamber speaking. The chamber does not need to be believed. It needs to be measured.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH & Man-made underground passage. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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Recorded monument

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