What is recorded here

Half a metre high, barely wide enough for a crouching adult, the passage slopes downward through the heart of the rath. Built from dry stones and hidden beneath grass, it connects two lintelled openings across the southeast quadrant. The cave is small, dark and deliberate, a narrow underground route buried inside an ancient earthwork.

In a rath (MA062-052002-). Indicated as ‘Cave’ in the S half of the rath on the 1919 OS 6-inch map. There is a grass-covered surface depression (1.8m NE-SW; 1.6m NW-SE; D 0.4m) slightly SE of centre in the rath interior. At the SE end of the depression, a horizontal stone slab or lintel protrudes from above an opening (W0.55m, H 0.35m). The lintelled opening reveals a Man-made underground passage passage (Wth 0.75m; H c. 0.55m) of drystone construction, which slopes down and curves slightly to SE. Located 7m to SE, adjacent to the enclosing scarp of the rath, there is a second opening (Wth 0.35m; H 0.17m) covered by an in situ lintel. The remains suggests that the Man-made underground passage passage extends on a NW-SE axis through the SE quadrant of the rath. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 November 2020

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