What is recorded here

Caves is a limestone outcrop in County Cork where Ussher dug in 1880 and pulled out whetstones, hammer stones, flint flakes, two iron knives, an iron chisel, a nail, slag, a fragment of jet, one shard of wheel made pottery and domestic animal bones. No plans or sections were ever published, so the shape of the hole and the life inside it have slipped back into legend. Still, the tools suggest someone stood there in the dark, sharpening edges and breaking stone until the cave became a workshop rather than a wound.

In limestone outcrop. Investigated by Ussher (1880, 512-14) who found whetstones, hammer stones, flint flakes, two iron knives, iron chisel andnail, slag, fragment of jet, one shard of wheel made pottery and domestic animal bones. No plans or sections published. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Carrigagour Caves are formed in limestone and show evidence of prehistoric human activity, including flint tools and iron artifacts. The site indicates possible Neolithic or Bronze Age occupation, with finds suggesting metalworking and domestic use.

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