Souterrain, Ross, Co. Sligo

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Souterrain, Ross, Co. Sligo

Set into the outer bank of a ringfort in County Sligo, a narrow stone-lined opening barely half a metre wide marks the entrance to something that now lies mostly buried.

It is easy to walk past without registering what it is: a souterrain, an underground passage or chamber constructed during the early medieval period, typically used for storage or as a place of refuge. The entrance here, framed by a lintel stone in the western face of the bank, leads into a passage that runs roughly north-east, though the interior has largely silted and collapsed over the centuries, leaving the structure more suggested than accessible.

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