It's a small, muddy hole in the ground, with a hawthorn tree growing over it, in a field at the end of a narrow lane in the middle of Rathcroghan, County Roscommon, in the western province of Connacht, Ireland.
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It's called Uaimh na gCat, Oweynagat, The Morrigan's Cave, Cave of the Cats, the Síd ar Cruachan, Rathcroghan Cave, the Entrance to the Otherworld, and, by Medieval Christian Monks - the Gates of Hell.
The challenging entrance is a later addition, a Souterrain put in place some time in the Medieval era, complete with a lintel just inside the entrance with an Ogham Stone, inscribed with the words 'Fraoch, Son of Medb'. The built area forms a tight passage way.
Some way down, it opens into a much larger cavern, in both breadth and height.
The challenging entrance is a later addition, a Souterrain put in place some time in the Medieval era, complete with a lintel just inside the entrance with an Ogham Stone, inscribed with the words 'Fraoch, Son of Medb'. The built area forms a tight passage way.
Some way down, it opens into a much larger cavern, in both breadth and height.
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