What is recorded here

Deerpark pasture still covers the cashel where Ó Ríordáin and Hunt imagined a collapsed passage in 1942. The house, grass and forgotten measurement marker may have turned mystery into an ordinary survey point, yet the idea of a hidden chamber lingers beneath the field.

In pasture on the former Deerpark on the demesne lands of Cahir Guillamore House. In centre of cashel (LI031-041017-). Not depicted on OSi historic maps. Identified as a possible Man-made underground passage by Ó Ríordáin and Hunt (1942, 41) and described as follows: ‘There is a long narrow depression in the interior which may be a collapsed Man-made underground passage’. No surface trace visible on OSi orthoimage taken between 2005-12 or on Digital Globe orthoimage taken 20/09/2020. The depression recorded in 1942 may be related to the OS trig. station marking 320 ft. OD that is depicted ont he 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map rather than remains of a collapsed Man-made underground passage. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date upload: 31 March 2021

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