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Man-made underground passage

Man-made underground passage

What is recorded here

Under a Mid Cork ringfort, three collapsed sections align NNW-SSE across fourteen metres, hiding a stone-lined passage roofed with lintels. The SE collapse exposes the buried roof, while silt fills the chamber below. People may have built the passage to keep dry, hide goods or enter the fort without crossing open ground.
In ringfort (8525). Three areas of collapse extend in a line NNW-SSE through centre for distance of c. 14m. Collapse at SE end reveals section of silted-up stone-lined passage roofed with lintels. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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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