What is recorded here
Three earth-cut chambers twist beneath a west Cork ringfort, their original entrance sealed at the east end while a construction shaft marks the first chamber. The passage remains inaccessible, preserving the exact moment human hands stopped shaping the dark. It is a buried room where intention vanished, waiting for someone to remember the weight of the soil above.
Opening in W half ringfort (CO141-001001-). Three earth-cut chambers; construction shaft chamber 1; original entrance E end chamber 3 (pers. comm. J. P. McCarthy). Inaccessible.
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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