What is recorded here
Kilmoney hides a man-made passage inside its ringfort, though no surface trace remains for modern eyes to follow. McCarthy recorded the local tradition in 1977, preserving a shape that memory itself has nearly erased. The absence is not emptiness; it is a invitation to imagine hands cutting through earth and forgetting the way back.
McCarthy (1977, 363) records tradition of Man-made underground passage in interior of ringfort (CO098-01701-). No visible surface trace.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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