Cave in Cappeen West, passage in County Cork

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What is recorded here

In the SE quadrant of a bivallate rath (CO094-060001-). This Man-made underground passage was investigated by Windele in 1856 (0'Mahony 1908, 84-5). Several chambers were noted, all earth cut; in some the roofs were formed of flagstones. Among reported finds were bones, including some human. Evidence of the Man-made underground passage is found inside the ESE entrance to the ringfort, as two grass-covered mounds of excavated material with ground between noticeably collapsed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO094-060002

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