Cave

On 27 August 1934 the team that excavated the Killavullen caves at Ballymacmoy conducted investigations at 'Killura cave, 11/2 miles [2.4km] NW of Killavullen' (unpublished records, NMI). No caves are indicated on the various editions of the OS 6-inch maps, sheets 25 and 26, in Killuragh townland which is approximately 1.5 miles to the NW of Killavullen. However, a cave is indicated on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map (sheet 25) in the neighbouring townland of Castlekevin, c. 80m N of the boundary of Killuragh townland. It is quite likely that this cave in Castlekevin was the one that was investigated in 1934 and that the townland was mistakenly referred to as 'Killura'. No written records survive of the investigation but three human bones that were found in the cave - fragments of a cranium, humerus and metacarpal, representing one adult - are located in the NMI. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009