What is recorded here

Under the pastureland beside a rath in County Galway, a man-made passage stretched north toward another ring-fort, connecting hidden chambers across a hundred yards. Farmers and inspectors heard about it only when trenches cut through the earth or memory surfaced in local conversation. The tunnel remained invisible on the surface, waiting beneath grass and traffic like a forgotten breath in the ground.

In pastureland; associated with a rath (GA114-157----). On inspection in October 1956 it was noted that, according to local tradition, a Man-made underground passage here 'connects with one in the ring-fort [GA114-156----]100 yds [c. 30m]. N' (SMR file). No visible surface trace survived. On re-inspection in November 1982 local information revealed that when a drain or trench had been dug a few years previously a 'tunnel' which was c. '3 to 4 foot square [c. 0.9-1.2m]' was discovered under or beside the road. It was on a direct line between the rath (GA114-157----) and the road to the N. Again no visible surface trace survived. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 11 April 2018

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