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Man-made underground passage in Seehanes

Man-made underground passage

What is recorded here

Quarrying cut through the western edge of a levelled ringfort in Seehanes and dragged a hidden stone chamber into daylight. Men with picks broke through earth that had swallowed the passage for centuries, revealing lintelled rocks spanning a narrow east-facing tunnel. They watched the chamber breathe after years of darkness, then filled it again because the land needed shape more than memory. The stones still lie buried beneath the field, waiting for another accident of hunger to remind them they were once a room.
Quarrying at W side levelled ringfort (CO119-022001-) exposed stone-built passage with lintelled roof, extending E; now infilled. 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

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