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Cave — Castletown (burren By.)

Souterrain
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Near the centre of a cashel (CL010-015002-) and built against a natural cave (CL010-015004-). Labelled ‘Cave’ on the 1840 and 1916 editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The rock cut souterrain is slightly dog-legged in plan, aligned N-S (L 3.2m; Wth 1.2m) and then extending from the N end towards the NW (L 2.5m; Wth 0.6m; H 0.65m) to where it is blocked by a collapsed lintel, beyond which it meets a natural cave (CL010-015004-). The N-S section is poorly preserved, partially unroofed and filled with loose stone and displaced roof lintel stones while the NW section remains roofed by several lintel stones. See attachments: • CL010-015003-_01.jpg View of souterrain from S. • CL010-015003-_01.jpg View of interior of NW passage from SE end. Summary by: Gearóid Conroy and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 9 December 2022

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