What is recorded here
Rathaneague is a man-made underground passage in a ringfort in County Cork, Ireland. Sandstone blocks and possible roof-slabs mark it, with the entrance at the north. The passage may have hidden people, goods or memory from the ordinary world above.
In ringfort (CO054-004---). Sandstone blocks, possible roof-slabs of Man-made underground passage, inside entrance at N.
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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