Man-made underground passage in Glashaboy West — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Ten metres inside the northern bank of a Cork ringfort, a hidden chamber waited for a plough to break its roof in 1975. Ann Lynch and Mary Cahill crawled through the resulting hole to find a rock-cut space that may have crawled beneath the fort itself, but collapsed earth stopped them and men later buried the passage again. The chamber remains a swallowed room, perhaps still extending north-east under the bank, keeping its shape in darkness while the land above forgets it.

In N half of ringfort (CO041-11801-), c. 10m inside bank. Discovered in 1975 when roof collapsed during ploughing; investigated by Ann Lynch and Mary Cahill (UCC). Opening (1m x 0.52m) through roof allowed access to part of chamber (L c. 2.5m; Wth c. 1.5m; long axis NW-SE); chamber rock-cut at SE end, earth-cut elsewhere; appeared to extend in NNE direction, possibly extending under bank of ringfort. Collapsed earth prevented further investigation. Subsequently backfilled. (McCarthy 1977, 250) 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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