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Man-made underground passage in Dunmarklun

Man-made underground passage

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Dunmarklun is an underground passage in a ringfort in County Cork. The story is that people dug beneath the fort to give the place depth, privacy and a route out of sight. The square depression still marks where that hidden chamber may have stood.
In ringfort (CO083-038----). Depressions around centre of interior enclosing roughly square area measuring 10m x 11m; may indicate position of 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

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