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Man-made underground passage in Belrose Lower

Man-made underground passage
Man-made underground passage in Belrose Lower
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Belrose Lower holds a man-made underground passage inside a levelled ringfort, waiting for someone brave enough to find the entrance again. The chamber emerged in November 1989, then withdrew from ordinary sight, leaving behind the possibility that people once cut rock or soil to keep warm, hide treasure, or escape rain. Its absence does not diminish it; it completes the mystery.
In levelled ringfort (CO095-126---). Earth-cut chamber discovered November 1989. Inaccessible. (UCC). 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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