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Man-made underground passage in Garraneduff

Man-made underground passage

What is recorded here

Garraneduff holds a vanished chamber beneath a levelled rath, reachable only through memory because the ground above shows no scar. Local testimony describes a slab-covered mouth, a six-metre lintelled passage sloping north before curving south, and a small rectangular room built entirely of stone. That chamber may have served as a hiding place, a treasury or a dead man’s house, but its true purpose disappeared with its entrance.
On the N side of an E-W field boundary which crosses the interior of a levelled rath (CO039-091----). According to local information, an opening covered with slabs gave access to a lintelled passage (L c. 6m) which sloped down to the N and then curved back to the S. This passage led into a rectangular stone-built chamber (c. 1.2m E-W; c. 1.2m N-S), roofed with lintels. There are no visible remains of this Man-made underground passage at ground level. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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