What is recorded here
Keale North holds a man-made underground passage inside a possible ringfort, revealing chambers only when construction work broke the soil. The hidden depth suggests people shaped the earth long before modern tools arrived, perhaps creating a shelter, store or ceremonial space beneath the mound. Its sudden appearance reminds us that ordinary ground still keeps layered human lives, waiting for disturbance to emerge.
In possible ringfort (CO030-125---). According to local information, underground chambers found during construction work.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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