Man-made underground passage in Lemgare — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

No second chamber in the provided facts. The first chamber is clear: a passage, an undifferentiated chamber, a rock floor, drystone walls, a lintelled roof and a small air shaft. The second chamber appears only in local tradition and later proved to be an old mine trial.

Discovered in the course of destruction during 1974. It consisted of a passage and undifferentiated chamber (min. L 7.5m E-W; max. Wth 1.5m; max. H 1.55m) that had the natural rock as the floor and drystone walls corbelling in to a lintelled roof. There was an air shaft (Wth 0.6m; H 0.2m; L 0.4m plus) in the back wall of the chamber immediately below the lintels. There is a local tradition of a second Man-made underground passage nearby, but in 2000 this proved to be an old mine trial, probably from c. 1843 when mining occurred in the area. The Man-made underground passage is now occupied by a quarry. (SMR file) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revision: 26 February 2018

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