What is recorded here
No archive or abandoned network exists in the supplied details. The facts describe a chamber found while a ringfort was levelled, not a separate underground passage.
According to local information, Man-made underground passage was discovered while ringfort (CO120-056003-) was being levelled. Chamber built of slatey stone with anarched roof and was "wide and roomy" inside. No visible surface trace.
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.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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