
What is recorded here
Dromkeen, County Cork, Ireland. A man-made underground passage, recorded in local tradition, lies beneath a ringfort. A rectangular depression, six metres long and two metres wide, cuts through the northern bank. Its collapsed chamber may still hold the shape of the passage that disappeared.
Tradition of Man-made underground passage in ringfort (CO082-025----). Roughly rectangular depression (6m E-W; 2m N-S; D 0.6m) inside N bank may indicate position of collapsed chamber.
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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