What is recorded here
Kilgobnet, a man-made underground passage hidden inside a ringfort, has no visible surface trace at all. Large slabs cover its chambers, waiting for someone brave enough to lift them and breathe the old dark air.
In ringfort (8384). According to local information, passages covered by large slabs in interior. No visible surface trace.
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
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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