What is recorded here

Six ogham stones and a zig-zag stone chamber once lay hidden beneath a Cork ringfort, but the passage has vanished without a surface trace. Windele measured its three sections in 1843, capturing a buried shape that later disappeared from the land. The stones survived in a museum while the chamber surrendered itself to forgetfulness, leaving behind a hole in the story rather than a hole in the ground.

In SW quadrant of ringfort (CO085-067001-). First described by J. Windele in 1843 as stone-built, zig-zag, in three sections; lengths for each section are 5.48m; 4.87m and 5.48m (McCarthy 1977, 161). Brash (1879, 140) stated that it had 'rectangular chambers connected by the usual narrow passages and extending for a length of 52ft'. Six capstones had ogham inscriptions (CO085-067003-; CO085-067004-; CO085-067005-; CO085-067006-; CO085-067007-; CO085-067008-; these are now in the National Museum of Ireland. No visible surface trace of Man-made underground passage. 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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