What is recorded here

No. Under the ordinary field in Bengour East, two small chambers and a creeping passage wait in darkness. People cut them by hand, perhaps to hide, pray or keep something safe when storms came. They disappeared again without marking the ground, waiting for boots and light to return.

Discovered in 1979 during levelling of trivallate ringfort (095-03201-) Hurley and Hurley (1979, 49-51) describe two earth-cut chambers connected by creepway. Chamber I: L 2.5m; Wth 1.6m; H c. 1m. Chamber 2: L 2m; Wth 1.5m; H 1.1m. Original entrance may have been at E end of Chamber I. No visible surface trace. 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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