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Man-made underground passage in Tullyneasky East

Man-made underground passage

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Two earth-cut chambers in the northern half of a ringfort at Tullyneasky East, found in 1982 while digging a silage pit. One chamber stretches 2.8 m, the other barely 1.5 m, both no taller than a crouching person. Construction shafts still mark their north walls, and the second chamber was the entrance. The passage is badly damaged now, but it remains a deliberate cut through solid ground, made for someone to descend into darkness and return.
In N half ringfort (CO135-039001-). Discovered 1982 during construction of silage pit. Two earth-cut chambers, badly damaged. Construction shafts N walls both chambers. Original entrance chamber 2. Chamber 1: L 2.8m; Wth c. 1m; max. H 1m. Chamber 2: max. L 1.5m; Wth 1.2m (pers. comm. R. M. Cleary). 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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