What is recorded here

Modern diggers broke the skin of the earth to reveal collapsed chambers and lintels buried beneath a Cork ringfort. The hole stretches six metres seven through the centre, wide enough for a person to crawl but shallow enough to suggest crushing rather than depth. Animals have since claimed part of the work, dragging a third lintel into their burrow while collapsed ground spills westwards toward the bank. The cave no longer exists as a tunnel, only as a wound in the ground where human hands once cut through solid rock.

In centre of ringfort (8582). Hollow (L 6.7m; Wth 4m; D 0.5m) indicates collapsed chambers; partially surrounded by spoil from digging in modern times. Two lintels exposed at E end of hollow; third lintel partially exposed in animal burrow close by. Collapsed ground extends westwards from centre towards bank. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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