What is recorded here

One chamber held breath, the other waited for light. A narrow creepway joined them beneath the rampart, small enough to force every visitor into humility. People dug through soil and stone because curiosity does not respect depth. The passage gave the fort its name, then disappeared again under earth and forgetting.

In W half of ringfort (CO030-020---); indicated by small depression. According to local information, two stone-built beehive-shaped chambers joined by creepway were exposed c. 1980; subsequently infilled. Bowman (1934, 515-6) noted 'on the S.W. just inside the inner rampart, is a depression, 15 ft. by 8 by 2 ft. deep. This is the Site of the Man-made underground passage (or cave) which gave name to the fort'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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