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Man-made underground passage in Dromore (duhallow By.)

Man-made underground passage
Man-made underground passage in Dromore (duhallow By.)
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Dromore in duhallow By. holds a buried passage inside a ringfort, waiting for someone strong enough to lift its cover. Bowman recorded two such openings in 1934, suggesting the fort still kept hidden rooms beneath its stones. A shallow depression marks one entrance, small enough to step across but deep enough to hide a chamber, a cache, or a way of escaping when rain turned the landscape to mud. The passage does not need discovery so much as permission, reminding that even ordinary ground can hold a door built by human hands.
In ringfort (CO032-11401-). Depression (L 1.6m; Wth 1m; D 0.4m) between centre of interior and gap to NNW. Bowman (1934, 599) recorded two Man-made underground passages in this fort (see CO032-11403-) which 'could easily be opened'. 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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