What is recorded here

Man-made underground passage is a man-made underground passage in Carrowntober, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the west half of a rath and contains two partially collapsed stone-lined passages with corbelled walls and lintel roofs. The first passage runs ten metres north-south, measures 1.6 metres east-west and reaches about 1.2 metres in height before curving east into a blocked three-metre creepway. The second passage is 1.2 metres wide, runs about ten metres north-south, collapses in places and turns east for a further seven metres at its west end.

In the W half of a rath (SL038-031001-). An opening reveals two partially collapsed stone-lined passages with corbelled walls roofed with lintels. Passage 1 (10m N-S; 1.6m E-W; H c. 1.2m) curves to E at its S end into a creepway (Wth 0.9m; H 0.7m; L 3m) which is blocked after 3m and which is likely to have connected to the S end of passage 2. Passage 2 (Wth 1.2m; c. 10m N-S) has collapsed in places and turns E at its W end and extends for a further 7m. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

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