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Man-made underground passage in Carrownafreevy

Man-made underground passage

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Carrownafreevy hides a man-made underground passage beneath the south bank of the Killian River. Local tradition claims a cave on a nearby rise sends a tunnel two and a half kilometres west-southwest to a fort in Tirur. No surface trace remains, but the missing distance and hidden route suggest people once built or used a passage that defied the landscape.
On S bank of the Killian River. According to local tradition, there is a 'cave' on a rise on S side of the river from which a 'tunnel' leads to a 'fort' in Tirur (GA046-080----), 2.5km to WSW. No visible surface trace survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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