What is recorded here
Carrignamaddry holds a man-made underground passage west of its ringfort, now hidden beneath an overgrown hollow. The collapse may have swallowed the tunnel, but the hollow still marks the place where human hands cut through earth. People may have walked that dark passage to trade, hide or leave goods behind the fort wall. The soil has taken the roof back, yet the shape remains a wound in the ground, waiting for someone to remember what it carried.
Immediately W of centre of ringfort (CO070-025001-). Overgrown hollow may indicate collapsed Man-made underground passage.
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
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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