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Two short rock-cut road tunnels (Wth c. 5.8m; H c. 3.7m) on the GlengarriffKenmare road constructed in the 1830s. A longer tunnel (KE110-007----) is to the SE and a further short one (KE110-009----) to the N. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE110-008

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