Hogwarts' Secrets - the collapsed secret passage

[rtbthw_mom]

No: HPFGUIDX 160110

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Charles Walker Jr" wrote:
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> sweety12783:
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> I think that there are still many secrets hidden within Hogwarts. 
> <snip>
> Also there is a secret passage that is caved in, where does it lead? 
> I thought that this was strange since Sirius spoke of the passage 
> and gave it as a suggestion to Harry to use for the DA meetings. 
> Meaning that it was not always caved in. <snip>
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> Mike now:
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> The twins did use it until it caved in. They should know where it 
> leads. Why did it collapse? It was one of the three that Filch never 
> knew about. Oh, and there are four that Filch did know about and 
> supposedly had secured. But if school doesn't re-open, will anyone 
> or anything be guarding these passages? Could they be of use? That 
> said, if anything becomes significant, my money is on the collapsed 
> passage.
> 
> Mike, wondering how this could play out and thinking that wherever 
> that secret passage leads to may turn out to be very significant


now Pat:
This discussion actually took place several weeks ago, many were
wondering if the Marauders had ever found the ROR, and why it didn't
appear on the Map: was it because the room was unplottable, or because
the Marauders didn't know about it?  It just occured to me that when
Hermione is looking for a place for the DA to meet, and HRH are
talking to Sirius in the fire, he *doesn't* suggest that they use the
ROR, although he does suggest the passage that has collapsed.  Does
that mean that the collapsed passage would have been big enough for a
group like the DA?  To me, though, it points to the fact that the
Marauders never found the ROR, or at least, they didn't know what it
was.  They may have found it, but it would only have been what they
*needed* at the time, as in Fred and George saying that it had been a
broom closet (or some such) when they found it.

Pat