What is recorded here

Four collapse holes reveal an eighth-century passage beneath the Brackloon rath, its drystone walls and lintel roof still visible in the gaps. The narrow tunnel runs southeast from the northwestern bank before bending south-southwest toward the centre, suggesting a deliberate route rather than a random cave. A person might have crawled through darkness, listening for water or breath, using the stone roof as a promise that the earth would not swallow them whole.

Located in the interior of a rath (MA062-068001-). Four discrete areas of surface collapse (each, max. dim. 0.5-1m) reveal the line of a subterranean passage (Wth c. 0.8m). It extends from close to the bank at NW for several meters to SE towards the centre of the rath, where it changes direction to SSW. Glimpses of drystone walling and lintel roofing can be seen in the areas of collapse. A large flat slab protruding from the ground close to the bank at NNW may also be part of the Man-made underground passage. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 12 May 2020

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