
What is recorded here
Unknown caves are not empty, but busy. They hold the lost chances of every person who never entered them. The chamber waits for the first lantern, the first witness and the first choice made inside it.
In flat pasture. Known locally as a grave. No visible surface trace.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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