
What is recorded here
Underground in the Knocks ringfort, a man-made passage disappears without surface trace. Tradition, not measurement, carries it forward. A person may have dug through solid earth to hide, escape or connect two living spaces. The absence of a visible entrance does not erase the effort, breath or fear spent inside the dark.
Tradition of Man-made underground passage in ringfort (CO122-006001). No visible surface trace.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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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