What is recorded here

Kelly's Cave is a man-made underground passage in County Mayo, Ireland. It contains two rectangular chambers, a roof skylight, carved benches and four steps leading to an underground stream. The cave lies near Cong and has been linked in local story to a fugitive named Kelly, a hermitage connected with Cong Abbey, or prehistoric use. Its narrow length and hidden chambers make it feel less like a natural cave and more like a room dug out of the earth for someone who needed to disappear.

Situated in NE of ringfort (MA118-013001-). Two inaccessible openings at either end of low ridge (L 10.7m N-S). Surface remains indicate other inaccessible chambers. The above description has been derived from D. Lavelle (compiler), An Archaeological Survey of Ballinrobe and District including Lough Mask and Lough Carra. Lough Mask and Lough Carra Tourist Development Association (1994), No. 529. Date of upload: 11 November 2013

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