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Guy Discovers A Trap Door In His Apartment Floor, Finds Something That Wasn’t In The Lease
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Guy Discovers A Trap Door In His Apartment Floor, Finds Something That Wasn’t In The Lease

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What quality, horror story plot doesn’t involve a creepy home discovery? Well, this Reddit thread from Irishman Daniel Carley is not the stuff of fiction. The man moved into an old building dating back to the 19th century but was not briefed on the complete layout, which he discovered, was hiding some pretty macabre features.

The tale starts with an innocent enough hatch handle on the floor, “this wasn’t in the lease” he writes. Just like any good scary movie protagonist, he decided to see what was hiding beneath the door. Unveiled were steps leading underground and despite the obvious American Horror Story: Murder House vibes, he went down.

Scroll down below to see what he found!

Ireland native Daniel Carley decided to move into a new apartment in England

He thought he got a pretty good deal

The kitchen/living room has high ceilings: it’s a very old building.

But as he was exploring his new living space

Got all the essentials set up

He found a feature that wasn’t on the lease

The kitchen/living room has high ceilings: it’s a very old building

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It really is a mezzanine, it’s more of a bunk bed than a bedroom. Cosy.

Nice functional shower room

Hang on.. What’s this?

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Looks like a hatch. This wasn’t in the lease

Opening it…

Oh, a bit of underfloor storeage for some tools and old paint cans. Pretty unexciting. Of course there couldn’t be a secret dungeon complex under my bog-standard studio I rented for small money, that only happens in poorly-written movies

Hang on a second…

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This can’t be true, that’s definitely a staircase

We have a dungeon. We have a dungeon. At this point I couldn’t believe my luck, and was completely freaked out since it was so unexpected. I suspected the dungeon stretched beneath the entire building, so I sealed the hatch (with the bathroom door wedged over it) and awaited backup

Got a friend, and proceeded. There is a proper 19th century layout of corridors and hatches beneath

To the right of the corridor, underneath the neighbour’s room

Friend examining the end of the corridor. It stretches further, she said

But wait, what’s up there? Only noticed this when reviewing the photos, could be a hidden space upstairs between apartments, or else an illusion caused be a collapsing ceiling. To be investigated

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This is on the left of the corridor. Beautiful vaulted ceiling. Didn’t get a good look though the hatch yet

Random graffiti. People have been here this decade

The basement space is beautiful. Four walls, albeit a bit damp, and a somewhat solid floor. Great headroom down here

Curious shape in the corner. Bed, or crypt, it’ll make a good seat for a potential home cinema, or else for a dungeon party

Furnishings. Sacrificial altar?

There’s a hole in the middle of the room, with very soft dirt. Possibly recently disturbed

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The staircase back up to the apartment. The builders have been down here when the place was being renovated a few years ago, but it seems completely uninhabited since. No mention in the lease. This appears to be the only staircase to the dungeon. I’m debating my next move. More exploration needs to be done, but it’s very scary living above it alone

Later his friend came to visit with the ‘appropriate’ attire

Friend brought housewarming gifts

Watch the video below for an eerie guided tour

Other people found the room super creepy and left less than comforting comments

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c-l-baxter91 avatar
Little letitia
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This studio and underground access I'm almost certain is based in coventry. Ccfc is coventry city football club. At a guess I'd say the corridors are either shelter out in during ww1/2 (as coventry was heavily bombed in ww2) or there may have been a commercial property like a pub with a cellar or a bakery with cooling cellars there during the coventry blitz which was hit during the bombing but they never bothered to dig out the cellar when they rebuilt the building.

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Efe Yaygel
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

just set up some hps grow lamps, plant your seeds and enjoy hig quality dungeon grown weed :)

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Shef
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is either the same story, or a similar occurrence as a guy who moved into a old apartment and found a hidden basement, a lot of these were built as bomb shelters (even before the blitzkrieg) Britain pisses off a lot of people.

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Tom Hardeveld
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I't scary living above this alone" voice from under the floor: "Not as scary as living down here! eh, I mean... squeak?"

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Paul Dixon
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is extremely old. It's from about 5 years ago or more. It was a converted monastery. This would have been the cellar area but also a place to bury some of the monks. In later years it would have been used as a bunker during the war. 100% not a a dungeon.

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Caroline Espenschied
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"This is **extremely** old. It's from about 5 years ago or more" ROFL ! If 5 years are a lot of time to you, you must be VERY young, lol...

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Marko Žilić
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hell no! F**k that noise! I'd be out of that place in a heartbeat!

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Midnight
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are the commenters freaking out over it and saying it's a "kill room"? It looks like a bomb shelter or just an shut-off basement.

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Wolf Sparks
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only scary thing in those pictures is that there is no railing beside the bed. No! Just NO!

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lavs
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Owww...!!it's like a scary movie..please do check the other walls and floor , you may discover other ways out too...

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phil blanque
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yikes...an old building with a cellar! Who would have thought about that?...except that ALL old buildings have cellars, with brick walls and everything! Wow, awesome..........typical......zzzzzzzz.

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varwenea
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does anyone watch Criminal Minds? I had that running in my mind looking at these pictures.

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Dean Douce
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lets be honest here.....if you open a closed door you don't really "discover" anything. It's not like it was hidden.

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ZombieGirl5591
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I met my husband, he owned a tattoo shop in our downtown area. The building was one huge city block size building with businesses all connected. He lived in the back of the shop where there was an old shower and toilet and concrete(or stone) open space like a studio apartment. It was a very creepy room, sort of like an old jail cell (but larger) Anyway, there was a creepy old "well" in the middle of the room. Had a round concrete disc covering the hole. All I could think of was the movie The Ring. It was so freakin weird! He opened the well to show me what was inside and the hole was so deep and wide, you couldn't see inside. After some research, we found out it was an opening to an old underground speakeasy. lol. If the ladder hadn't broken off a long time ago, we would have gone in there to explore TLDR: Creepy underground places are cool

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Aahzmandus Pervect
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Random graffiti. People have been here this decade." What a conclusion! Because graffiti weren't around before 2000. And that's definitely not a dungeon.

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CherAquili
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is super creepy yet so fascinating! I would love to just explore that , obviously with someone with me ! XD

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Valerie Fawn
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First thing I noticed is the PS3 would have no breathing space between those two shelves...wont have to worry about that if you take a midnight trip to the kill room though I guess....ok thank you

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Grinny Cat
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd give anything to have such a place in my house 😍 It's gorgeous

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Ruby-Rose Coffeen
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If someone brakes into your apartment whilst your in it, it would be a good place to hide.

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Eli Lynch
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a cellar. Big deal. Get over yourselves. This story is c**p.

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phil blanque
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow...Your apartment has a basement! Yikes!...Like 98% of other apartments. Amazing!

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Carmen Elena
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

creepy but exciting!! Love the place... :D I hope you didn´t wake up any evil spirits...

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Samantha Comerford
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m scared . The owner is SICK ... JUST LOOK AT THAT BEDROOM. ☠️💀☠️ One small step, and you’re GONE , gone forever. Does then the owner knowing that you’ve fallen from the “ bedroom” come in and slide you off down his dungeon.... That’s what it’s all about. Call 999 OP

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Zenozenobee
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if there is something in Ireland History or the past of the building that would justify this room. You know like a Priest Hole, a kind of bunker to survive bombing (I have to admit I don't know if Ireland was bombed during WW2), a hiding for rebels of any kind, or a technical place for some grocery store/craftman. I would make some reserch on the history of the building. Because, if there is no historical/technical reason... then that's creepy AF and I would contact the Police to have there opinion. But I would be thrilled to investigate something like that ;p

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Norbi Tóth
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

DONT GO DOWN THERE AGAIN because its a dungeon from the 1800s but it can be a world war refugee or solider bunker maybe they used it for or executions or storage the important thing is just to dont go down there because its risky and easy to lost inside there maybe the only case is my friends i maybe would go with them but just with them anyways dont go alone!!!

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Norbi Tóth
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This maybe can be a dungeon from the 19s or it can be a world war bunker,maybe soldier or refugee bunker but dont risk it to explore you can easily lost inside its scary and i said risky

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Valerie Fawn
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5 years ago

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Carrie Spence
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

CCFC = Cambridge City Football Club. How many times does the guy say "pretty"... pretty annoying if you ask me!

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Tim Fischer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Boredpanda....i always loved your site,...but lately you´re becoming boringpanda and repeating the same kind of posts over and over and also a lot of unnecessary stuff like this and uncreative daily-life-comics :/

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d bradley
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5 years ago

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sending the woman ahead to check things out... good thinking

c-l-baxter91 avatar
Little letitia
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This studio and underground access I'm almost certain is based in coventry. Ccfc is coventry city football club. At a guess I'd say the corridors are either shelter out in during ww1/2 (as coventry was heavily bombed in ww2) or there may have been a commercial property like a pub with a cellar or a bakery with cooling cellars there during the coventry blitz which was hit during the bombing but they never bothered to dig out the cellar when they rebuilt the building.

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Efe Yaygel
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

just set up some hps grow lamps, plant your seeds and enjoy hig quality dungeon grown weed :)

bigray_1996 avatar
Shef
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is either the same story, or a similar occurrence as a guy who moved into a old apartment and found a hidden basement, a lot of these were built as bomb shelters (even before the blitzkrieg) Britain pisses off a lot of people.

tomhardeveld avatar
Tom Hardeveld
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I't scary living above this alone" voice from under the floor: "Not as scary as living down here! eh, I mean... squeak?"

pauldixon1986 avatar
Paul Dixon
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is extremely old. It's from about 5 years ago or more. It was a converted monastery. This would have been the cellar area but also a place to bury some of the monks. In later years it would have been used as a bunker during the war. 100% not a a dungeon.

au-coin-de-la-page avatar
Caroline Espenschied
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"This is **extremely** old. It's from about 5 years ago or more" ROFL ! If 5 years are a lot of time to you, you must be VERY young, lol...

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Marko Žilić
Community Member
5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hell no! F**k that noise! I'd be out of that place in a heartbeat!

nvi08140 avatar
Midnight
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are the commenters freaking out over it and saying it's a "kill room"? It looks like a bomb shelter or just an shut-off basement.

debzorzi avatar
Wolf Sparks
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only scary thing in those pictures is that there is no railing beside the bed. No! Just NO!

eternalrejoice avatar
lavs
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Owww...!!it's like a scary movie..please do check the other walls and floor , you may discover other ways out too...

philblanque avatar
phil blanque
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yikes...an old building with a cellar! Who would have thought about that?...except that ALL old buildings have cellars, with brick walls and everything! Wow, awesome..........typical......zzzzzzzz.

varwenea avatar
varwenea
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does anyone watch Criminal Minds? I had that running in my mind looking at these pictures.

dddoucett avatar
Dean Douce
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lets be honest here.....if you open a closed door you don't really "discover" anything. It's not like it was hidden.

krystalzombiegirladams avatar
ZombieGirl5591
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I met my husband, he owned a tattoo shop in our downtown area. The building was one huge city block size building with businesses all connected. He lived in the back of the shop where there was an old shower and toilet and concrete(or stone) open space like a studio apartment. It was a very creepy room, sort of like an old jail cell (but larger) Anyway, there was a creepy old "well" in the middle of the room. Had a round concrete disc covering the hole. All I could think of was the movie The Ring. It was so freakin weird! He opened the well to show me what was inside and the hole was so deep and wide, you couldn't see inside. After some research, we found out it was an opening to an old underground speakeasy. lol. If the ladder hadn't broken off a long time ago, we would have gone in there to explore TLDR: Creepy underground places are cool

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Aahzmandus Pervect
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Random graffiti. People have been here this decade." What a conclusion! Because graffiti weren't around before 2000. And that's definitely not a dungeon.

cheraquili avatar
CherAquili
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is super creepy yet so fascinating! I would love to just explore that , obviously with someone with me ! XD

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Valerie Fawn
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First thing I noticed is the PS3 would have no breathing space between those two shelves...wont have to worry about that if you take a midnight trip to the kill room though I guess....ok thank you

grinnycat avatar
Grinny Cat
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd give anything to have such a place in my house 😍 It's gorgeous

rubycoffeen avatar
Ruby-Rose Coffeen
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If someone brakes into your apartment whilst your in it, it would be a good place to hide.

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Eli Lynch
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a cellar. Big deal. Get over yourselves. This story is c**p.

philblanque avatar
phil blanque
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow...Your apartment has a basement! Yikes!...Like 98% of other apartments. Amazing!

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Carmen Elena
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

creepy but exciting!! Love the place... :D I hope you didn´t wake up any evil spirits...

comerfordsamantha46 avatar
Samantha Comerford
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m scared . The owner is SICK ... JUST LOOK AT THAT BEDROOM. ☠️💀☠️ One small step, and you’re GONE , gone forever. Does then the owner knowing that you’ve fallen from the “ bedroom” come in and slide you off down his dungeon.... That’s what it’s all about. Call 999 OP

lou_delue avatar
Zenozenobee
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder if there is something in Ireland History or the past of the building that would justify this room. You know like a Priest Hole, a kind of bunker to survive bombing (I have to admit I don't know if Ireland was bombed during WW2), a hiding for rebels of any kind, or a technical place for some grocery store/craftman. I would make some reserch on the history of the building. Because, if there is no historical/technical reason... then that's creepy AF and I would contact the Police to have there opinion. But I would be thrilled to investigate something like that ;p

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Norbi Tóth
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

DONT GO DOWN THERE AGAIN because its a dungeon from the 1800s but it can be a world war refugee or solider bunker maybe they used it for or executions or storage the important thing is just to dont go down there because its risky and easy to lost inside there maybe the only case is my friends i maybe would go with them but just with them anyways dont go alone!!!

norbitoth avatar
Norbi Tóth
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This maybe can be a dungeon from the 19s or it can be a world war bunker,maybe soldier or refugee bunker but dont risk it to explore you can easily lost inside its scary and i said risky

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Valerie Fawn
Community Member
5 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

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Carrie Spence
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

CCFC = Cambridge City Football Club. How many times does the guy say "pretty"... pretty annoying if you ask me!

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Tim Fischer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Boredpanda....i always loved your site,...but lately you´re becoming boringpanda and repeating the same kind of posts over and over and also a lot of unnecessary stuff like this and uncreative daily-life-comics :/

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d bradley
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5 years ago

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sending the woman ahead to check things out... good thinking

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