What is recorded here

One staircase descends twenty steps into darkness beneath the Calluragh burial ground, hiding a chamber rather than a simple well. That secret depth still belongs to the ancient settlement on Croaghmarhin, where people once placed what they cherished beyond ordinary reach. The stairs invite a dangerous temptation: follow them past the last familiar stone and discover whether memory or madness waits at the bottom.

Calluragh burial ground/An Raingiléis: This early Christian settlement (KE042-094001-), now a National Monument, lies on a fairly steep SE facing slope of Croaghmarhin and commands a magnificent view in all directions. Curran (no. 15) recorded 'a sunken well reached by 14 steps' at or near the enclosure. This is probably the same feature described by O'Sullivan (1931, 525) as 'a stone stairs descending 20 steps or so' on the side of the road within the enclosure, and it is possible that it was a Man-made underground passage (KE042-094010-) and not a well (KE042-094008-). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 827. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 8 August 2013

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