Man-made underground passage in Inchydoney Island — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Inchydoney Island, County Cork, Ireland: Six earth-cut chambers, some rectangular and some irregular, lie hidden in tillage south of Inchydoney Church. A lintelled creepway may mark the original entrance, while another blocked passage hints that the hole continues beyond what is known. The discovery in April 1985 pulled a small underground room back into human memory, with rats and time sharing its floors.

In tillage, a short distance S of Inchydoney Church (CO135-104004-). Discovered April 1985. Cleary (1989, 30-1) describes six earth-cut chambers. Chambers 1, 3 and 4 are rectangular in plan; others are irregular. Lintelled creepway on NE side of chamber 1 may be original entrance; second inaccessible creepway on S side may lead to further chambers. Cleary notes that 'the creepway to chamber 5 is unusual in that it consists of a circular opening, about 70cm wide, and decends by a steep drop into chamber 5'. Construction shafts occur in chambers 5 and 6. Numerous rat bones on floor of chamber 6 but these are 'medieval and later in date'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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