Man-made underground passage in Sarue — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

One lintel still spans the chamber. The others are gone, scattered or stolen, leaving a mouth wide enough to swallow a person whole. The passage remains closed, not by design but by collapse, its purpose buried under centuries of silence. What it stored, who it kept out, or why it was built beneath a ringfort rather than above it has been lost.

In NE quadrant ringfort (CO134-020001-). Stone-built chamber (L 2.8m; Wth 1m) roofed with lintels, only one of which is in place. Inaccessible. 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.