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Man-made underground passage in Doory

Man-made underground passage

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Doory holds a sixteen-metre hollow beneath its rath, narrow enough for one person and deep enough to hide a dying flame. It may have been a passage, a threshold, a way of leaving the world without being seen. The chamber above can be visited, but the hidden part resists comparison because it withholds its shape.
Within the interior of a rath (LF023-080001-). A linear hollow (L c. 16m; Wth 2.2-2.4m; D 0.4-0.5m), aligned E-W, extends from the perimeter of the rath at W towards the centre of the interior. It may mark the remains of a Man-made underground passage. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 5 September 2012

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