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Cave

Man-made underground passage

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Cave is a man-made underground passage in Inch Island, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies an irregular hollow six metres long, two metres wide and 0.85 metres deep within the south-western bank of a rath. Local tradition says stones roof the passage, although overgrowth now obscures much of the hollow.
In a rath (SL047-001001-). An irregular hollow (L 6m NNE-SSW; Wth 2m; D 0.85m), largely obscured by overgrowth, is visible in the bank of the rath at SSW. According to local information, there is a Man-made underground passage here which is said to be roofed with stones. 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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