What is recorded here

Ballyhindon holds four circular chambers joined by narrow creepways in an L-shance, matching underground passages near Carrigtwohill. Whether people stored grain, hid during storms or simply played with darkness there, the shape suggests deliberate thought rather than accidental collapse. The exact spot has faded from local memory, but the chambers still imagine themselves through the absence, waiting for someone to drop a stone and listen for the answer.

Gillman (1896, 422), quoting from a letter from Mr Newenham to Crofton Croker, recorded a Man-made underground passage on the lands of Ballyhendon [sic], 'precisely similar in formation to those examined near Carrigtwohill' (5053, Garranes). McCarthy (1977, 162, 417) included plan (after Croker) showing four roughly circular chambers in an L-shape joined by creepways. Exact location not known. 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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