What is recorded here
Cloghvally Lower holds a narrow stone chamber built across the mouth of Creevy Cave, discovered in 2009 beside a hearth and post-medieval pottery. Its rounded walls and lintel roof suggest deliberate construction rather than natural collapse, yet the entrance is now blocked and visible only as a shallow depression. The chamber may have served as a shelter, a marker or a threshold into the cave, but its true purpose has faded with the people who shaped it.
Discovered in 2009 in Creevy Cave alongside an earthen platform, a possible hearth and post-medieval pottery. A stone structure (L c. 3m; Wth 0.75m; H 1m) which was constructed both above and below ground at an opening into the cave. This opening is now blocked and is only visible as a slight depression above ground. The side walls are composed of small rounded stones and it is roofed with lintel slabs. Its appearance is very similar to a Man-made underground passage. (Dowd et al. 2011; 36-9)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 24 June 2011
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- What survives
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