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Located towards the top of a NW-facing slope, and on the site of earthwork (WA038-003001-). A souterrain comprising three chambers or passages was discovered in the 1970s. One chamber (dims. 2m x 1.7m; H 1.2m) is earth-cut, another (dims. 1.7m x 1.4m; H 0.9-1.3m) rock-cut, and the third is drystone-built (dims. 1.6m x 1.1m; H 1m). The chambers are connected by creeps with an earth-cut entrance passage (visible L c. 1.9m) leading to the earth-cut chamber. It is now closed, and only traces of a shallow U-shaped depression are visible. Rath (WA038-004----) is c. 150m to the S. (McCarthy 1978) Mc Carthy, J. P. (1978) Souterrain in Grallagh Lower Td., Co. Waterford. JCHAAS, 83, No. 238, 73-4. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10th October, 2011 Compiled by: Michael Moore

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