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RATH & Man-made underground passage: FAIRY CAVE in Killyglen

RATH & Man-made underground passage: FAIRY CAVE

What is recorded here

Under a Killyglen field, a rath hides a man-made cave named for the fairies who supposedly occupy it. People built the passage during the early Christian period, yet local tradition still claims the hollow belongs to someone else. Human hands shaped the rock, but the cave keeps its own name and refuses to explain itself.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as RATH & Man-made underground passage: FAIRY CAVE. Recorded period: E.CHRIST.. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

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