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RATH & Man-made underground passage in Dreen

RATH & Man-made underground passage

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Mortars and chambers of the Dark Age still hold their shape beneath Dreen, preserving the courage of the people who cut them. The official record leaves the chamber empty, but the shape of the work suggests a household that valued privacy and pride. A family may have lived there, raised children there and watched storms pass overhead while they tended their fires below. The stones remember that much even when the names have gone.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH & Man-made underground passage. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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Recorded monument

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