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Man-made underground passage in Caherduggan

Man-made underground passage
Man-made underground passage in Caherduggan
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Inside the eastern entrance of the Caherduggan ringfort, a shallow depression stretches six metres north to south and two metres east to west. The collapse may have buried a chamber where people once descended into darkness, perhaps to hide, meditate or face what they feared. The earth swallowed the passage, but the hollow shape still marks the place where human hands cut through stone and risked the unknown.
In ringfort (CO054-023---). Depression (6m N-S; 2m E-W; D 0.6m) inside entrance to E may indicate collapsed Man-made underground passage chamber. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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