What is recorded here

Ahane Upper hides three man-made passages beneath a levelled ringfort. Broker recorded them as formerly open in 1937, but no surface trace remains visible today. They may have served as shelter, storage or secret routes for the people who lived there, yet the earth has taken back their shape.

In levelled ringfort (CO029-07801-). Broker (1937, 51) recorded three underground passages which were 'formerly open'. No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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