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Man-made underground passage

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One chamber, four metres long and barely tall enough to stand in, curves inside the rath like a hidden room. Stone walls and a lintelled roof still hold the shape, though part of the ceiling has fallen open to the sky. The cave may have stored grain, hidden people or simply given the rath a secret depth. Whatever it was, the stones still point to a life that stopped speaking but never stopped watching.
A curved section of passage (L 4.2m; Wth 1m; H 1.2m), partly open, is constructed of drystone walling with a lintelled roof. It is inside the perimeter of rath (LE012-005001--) at SW. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

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