
What is recorded here
Caheragh's ringfort still shadows a man-made passage hidden beneath its south-west quadrant. Whether people walked that dark tunnel during storms, kept sacred objects from rain, or simply avoided long road trips, the dug hole proves human hands shaped the local landscape. The earth swallowed the entrance while memory faded, leaving only a shallow depression to mark where underground life once continued.
Depression in SW quadrant ringfort (CO132-017001-) indicates presence of Man-made underground passage.
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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- What survives
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