What is recorded here

Kilcrea holds two man-made underground passages beside its ringfort, one east and one southwest of the centre. Pitt-Rivers and Caulfield described the eastern chamber in 1864 as a beehive room four feet six inches high, lined with lime and very small stones, joined to a second chamber through a drain-like opening and reached by a gallery to the surface. The Cork Constitution gave the passages and chambers in exact dimensions, yet no trace remains above ground. What is left is a hole in the field and a promise that the ground still keeps its shape.

To E of centre of ringfort (CO084-026001-). Described in 1864 by Pitt-Rivers and Caulfield as 'a beehive chamber 4ft 6in high, lined with "lime and very small stones", with a second chamber nearby connected by a drain-like opening, with a gallery to the surface' (Twohig 1987, 43). In the Cork Constitution newspaper this is described as a ' "covered passage 2ft square, opening to south, leading to a chamber 4ft x 3ft 3in closed at the top, and another passage of same dimensions as the former with chamber 5ft broad x 4ft 8in high" ' (Twohig, ibid.). No visible surface trace. Second Man-made underground passage to SW (CO084-026002-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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