Man-made underground passage in Killanully

In the SW quadrant of a rath (CO086-048----). This Man-made underground passage was discovered during the excavation of the rath in 1992 in advance of an expansion of a limestone quarry; it was subsequently excavated. It consisted of a single curving passage (L 11.3m; Wth 0.96m; H c. 1m), 1.85m below the present ground level. The S section of the passage was described as being of 'post and panel construction' while the N part was composed of drystone-walling with a few orthostats placed near the entrance (ibid.). Only one roof lintel remained in situ. It had been placed on a stack of drystone-walling. The Man-made underground passage had been backfilled in the past and contained five separate fills with occasional inclusions of animal bone, molluscs and charcoal. (Mount 1992; Mount 1993, 10) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009