What is recorded here
Cave is an L-shaped drystone passage hidden in the ENE sector of a Galway rath, its first chamber stretching beyond 4.4 metres toward the southeast. The second arm runs east-west but remains blocked, preserving a mystery the first passage cannot solve. It is not a display feature or a modern fantasy; it is a built underground room that still withholds part of itself.
In the ENE sector of a rath (GA0106-060----). This drystone-built Man-made underground passage appears to be L-shaped in plan. The 1st passage (L >4.4m; Wth 1.6m) runs NW-SE. Access is gained at its NW end. A linear depression, with evidence of drystone-walling, indicates that that it extended further to the NW. The 2nd passage, which is inaccessible, extends from its SE end and it appears to run E-W.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 8 December 2017
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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