What is recorded here

Lackendarragh in County Cork, Ireland, is an oval underground chamber in the NE quadrant of a rath, with a narrow lintelled opening near the floor and inward-leaning rubble walls. A plough displaced a roof lintel in 1999, revealing the passage after centuries beneath the land. The chamber may have been a hiding place, a storage pit or a ceremonial entry, but its true purpose still withdraws like the dark tunnel itself.

In the NE quadrant of a rath (CO041-037---). This Man-made underground passage was discovered in 1999 when a roof lintel was displaced during ploughing. The resulting opening revealed an oval stone-lined chamber (4m N-S; 1.3m E-W; H 1.25m) with a lintelled roof. The walls were of rubble and incline inwards towards the top. A lintelled opening (Wth 0.4m; H 0.3m), 0.8m above the floor in the NE corner of the chamber, is probably the original entrance passage (min. L 3m). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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