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

What is recorded here

Four large slabs lie flat inside a ringfort in Sparrograda, marking the entrance to an unseen chamber below the soil. They measure 3.6 metres long, 2 metres wide and 0.5 metre deep, forming a shallow box that invites a person to lift one edge and listen for echoes. The chamber may have stored grain, hidden people or simply marked the boundary between the living world and the dark earth.

In S quadrant ringfort (CO131-033---). Four slabs lying in depression (L 3.6m; Wth 2m; D 0.5m) inside entrance are said to cover underground chamber. 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.