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Cave

Man-made underground passage

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Cave is a man-made underground passage in Drumanaraher, County Sligo, Ireland. Local information identifies a shallow two metre depression marked by nettles inside the rath near the western scarp as the blocked entrance. That entrance opened into a drystone-built passage extending north.
In a rath (SL039-091001). According to local information, a shallow surface depression (diam c. 2m), marked by nettles, within the interior of the rath close to the scarp at W marks the location of the blocked-up entrance to a Man-made underground passage. The entrance opened into a drystone-built passage that may have extended to N. 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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