
What is recorded here
No. Under the northwest quadrant of the Carrigboy ringfort, a man-made chamber waits beneath a shallow depression wide enough for three paces and deep enough to swallow a standing person. Stones have crowded into its mouth through the centuries, narrowing the entrance but never erasing the intention behind it. The chamber may have stored grain, hidden people or served a purpose now forgotten, yet its deliberate shape still interrupts the natural ground. To stand at its edge is to feel the ringfort reaching downward as much as upward, keeping a room for thought, fear or memory that no longer has a name.
In NW quadrant of ringfort (CO082-075001-). Underground chamber present according to local information; depression (Wth 3m; D 1m) partially infilled with stones indicates position.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Recorded monument
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