Man-made underground passage in Gort Na Lobhar (cléire) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Cape Clear field, 1933: stone-clearing workmen broke through into a built underground passage beside a boulder burial. Two mouth-like openings appeared, one wide enough to see into darkness. The passage may have been a hidden chamber, a drain, a refuge or a forgotten way of working the land. Its exact place is no longer certain, but the field still holds the shape of that sudden discovery.

In a letter to Dr A. Mahr, NMI, dated 6 November 1933, Mr Patrick Burke of Cape Clear island reported two openings to a Man-made underground passage in the same field as a boulder burial (CO153-011----) (NMI file). Mr Burke related that workmen had discovered the stone-built Man-made underground passage when removing stones from the corner of the field. An opening (Wth 0.9-1.2m) allowed the men to see into the Man-made underground passage. There was another similar opening elsewhere in the field. The precise location of this Man-made underground passage is not known. (McCarthy 1977, 255). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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