What is recorded here
Man-made underground passage in Cunghill is a man-made underground passage in Cunghill, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the western half inside a rath. A collapsed chamber appears as an L-shaped depression two metres wide and one metre deep. The main section stretches five metres west to east before projecting two metres south, where broken roofstones remain visible.
In the W half of the interior of a rath (SL032-095001-). An L-shaped depression (Wth 2m; D 1m), which extends W-E for 5m and then projects to S for 2m, indicates a collapsed Man-made underground passage chamber. Collapsed roofstones are visible in the depression.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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