What is recorded here

One of four openings cut into a limestone quarry-face in County Cork, this passage hides a quiet record of early medieval life. Coleman excavated it in 1942 and found iron, bronze, worked bone, charcoal, fish shells and animal bones, suggesting people kept livestock, hunted, foraged and warmed themselves inside the rock. The cave is not grand, but it preserves ordinary days when much of the region is remembered through monastic grandeur or ring-fort spectacle.

In SE quadrant of ringfort (CO041-03601-). Marked 'cave' on 1842 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.