What is recorded here

Carrigroe holds a circular earthwork and a hidden passage, marking it as a place people shaped before memory faded. The valley floor and large stream suggest life lived close to water, with the earth arranged to keep out rain, danger, or forgetting. What is certain is that the site still carries a made form, not a random hollow.

In tillage, on valley floor of large stream. Roughly circular depression marks area of site. Man-made underground passage (CO135-076002-) in interior. 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

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