What is recorded here

Ballyvouskill holds a hidden passage beneath its ringfort, remembered only through local tradition rather than visible stones. People may have dug or cleared a tunnel for storage, escape, or secret movement, yet no entrance remains for modern hands to touch. The earth keeps the shape of human urgency, waiting beneath grass and forgetting.

In ringfort (8071). Local tradition of underground passage noted by Broker (1937, 44). No visible surface trace. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.