What is recorded here

Castleventry holds a double-ringed earthwork where a church and graveyard still occupy the centre. The outer bank drops away at a southern gap, exposing the buried passages beneath. What happened inside those holes remains unknown, but the shape suggests people went down deliberately and returned changed.

In pasture, atop knoll on E-facing slope. Circular, slightly raised area (32.6m N-S; 34.5m E-W) enclosed by two earthen banks, stone faced in parts, with intervening fosse. Break in inner bank to W, now blocked up; modern steps to E. Outer bank broken to W (Wth 3.5m), blocked up; S gap leads to laneway; modern break to NNW. Church (CO134-025004-), graveyard (CO134-025003-) and Man-made underground passage (CO134-025002-) in interior; second Man-made underground passage (CO134-089---) beside outer bank to E. 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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