What is recorded here

Man-made underground passage in Cloonagashel is a man-made underground passage in Cloonagashel, County Sligo, Ireland. The dugout trench extends 11 metres east to west inside the circular enclosure and the rath. Its flat bottom reaches 0.9 metres deep and measures 2.3 metres wide. The base slopes down from the eastern rath interior before levelling halfway along the passage.

In the SW quadrant of a rath (SL033-077002-) and within a circular enclosure (SL033-077001-). The Man-made underground passage is evident as a dugout trench (11m E-W) with a U-shaped flat-bottomed profile (D 0.9m; Wth 2.3m at base). The base of the trench slopes gently down from the level of the rath interior at E and levels out halfway along its length. 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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