What is recorded here
No visible surface trace of the collapsed Man-made underground passage in the north part of the much defaced ringfort. The forgotten tunnel may have hidden people, tools or breath when the fort still stood. Forgetting has not erased the digging or the danger of the hole.
In N half of ringfort (CO027-08201-). 'Much defaced fort with collapsed Man-made underground passage in north part of enclosure' (UCC). No visible surface trace of Man-made underground passage.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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