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School: Beann-chorr (roll number 13808)

Location:
Banagher, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Hairt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 287

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  1. Underground Passage at Ballinaleck (continued)

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    lid under the house.
    In the same field where the passage was discovered there is a high mound and people are thinking that there could be a chamber under the mound and that the passage leads to it.
    This house was only completed last year 1937 and the passage was discovered some time before the house was completed.
    Description of Passage.
    The passage as far as can be ascertained is about four feet high and two feet or two and a half wide. The sides are built with small stones and it is roofed with large flags [?].
    The floor of the passage is gravelled.
    From the main passage on each side at distances of around six feet there are side passages (offsets). These offsets are about six feet long.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlenageeha, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Joseph Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlenageeha, Co. Mayo