What is recorded here

A man-made underground passage ran beneath the southern half of a Lyre ringfort, holding a cone-shaped bee-hive chamber at its centre before quarrying erased it in the 1960s. M.J. O'Kelly and E. Shee inspected a lintel-roofed entry fragment in 1968, witnessing the last visible proof that the passage had once given access to a hidden chamber. The sand pit later swallowed even that memory, leaving only local testimony to confirm what the earth retained.

In S half of ringfort (CO040-02701-). Ringfort and Man-made underground passage destroyed by quarrying in 1960s. According to local information, Man-made underground passage 'ran the length of the sand pit and had a cone-shaped bee-hive construction in the centre of it'. Fragment of stone-built entry passage, roofed with lintels, which appeared to give access to a chamber, was inspected by M.J. O'Kelly and E. Shee (1968, 46-7); subsequently completely destroyed. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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