Man-made underground passage in Carn More — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Beneath the Carn More ringfort in County Louth, a long narrow chamber waited for discovery until road works revealed its drystone walls. The passage stretched nineteen metres, barely wide enough for two people to walk side by side, and lacked the grand capstones seen in older monumental tombs. Human bone emerged from the backfill, hinting that the chamber served the dead rather than the living. Its sudden appearance beneath a modern bypass reminds us that ordinary ground still hides unusual chambers, and that progress often requires digging through forgotten lives.

Excavated as part of the Dundalk Western by-pass project (Excavation Licence 03E0867). Associated with ringfort (LH004-067001-). W-shaped gallery (L 19m; Wth c. 0.9m; H 1m), of drystone construction with no chambers. Capstones not present, human bone was recovered from the backfill. (Delaney 2006, 340) Reference: Delaney S. (2006) 'Carn More, Faughart Neolithic; Ringfort and Man-made underground passage' in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 340 (1272). Bray. Wordwell Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 17 November 2011

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