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Man-made underground passage in Craggagh

Man-made underground passage

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Ten metres of shadow lie hidden beneath the southern edge of Craggagh fort, marked only by a shallow hollow and an arcing bank of stone. The passage stretches east to west through the clay, deep enough to swallow a standing person but wide enough for two to walk shoulder to shoulder. It may have served as a cellar, a refuge or a forgotten route through the cashel, yet no door or stair remains to explain its purpose. The earth has taken back most of the work, leaving behind a quiet line in the ground where human hands once cut through solid ground.
In the SW sector of ‘Craggagh fort’, a large poorly preserved cashel (CL004-016002-). An E–W orientated Man-made underground passage visible as a hollow (L 10m; W 5m; max. D 1.2m), along the southern edge of which runs an arcing bank of stone. A circular hut site (CL004-016035-) is located N of its E end, in the centre of the cashel and later field walls subdivide the cashel in three. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Ros Ó Maoldúin Date of upload: 28 April 2021

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