
What is recorded here
Dromore South hides a stone-lined tunnel beneath the northern half of a levelled ringfort, waiting for someone brave enough to dig. The passage emerged around 1968 when machinery scraped the ground flat, revealing an opening that swallowed light and ordinary sense. It has no marker, no chamber, no visible trace above soil. The earth keeps its own counsel there, preserving a doorway built by hands that never expected to be forgotten.
In N half of levelled ringfort (CO041-07801-). Discovered c. 1968 after levelling of ringfort. According to local information, opening revealed stone-lined tunnel. No visible surface trace.
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
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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