What is recorded here

Killally holds two blocked underground passages on a ridge summit, likely built inside a forgotten enclosure. A plough broke the earth in 1987, revealing drystone lintels before the hole was closed again. The passage may have stored grain, hidden people or marked a boundary, but its true purpose vanished when the stones fell back into darkness.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Situated on summit of E-W ridge. Discovered during ploughing in 1987 and reclosed. Two lintels of drystone-built passage, completely blocked by collapse, were seen in sides of modern entrance gap. Traces of a fosse, visible as a cropmark at ground level, are recorded (see enclosure LH007-108001-). This Man-made underground passage and Man-made underground passage LH007-108003-, 18m to the SE, were probably originally within this enclosure. Tradition of Man-made underground passage in adjacent field. (See LH007-109----).

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