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Man-made underground passage (Site of)

Man-made underground passage

What is recorded here

Yes. West Cork still keeps a buried chamber inside a ringfort, marked only as a cave on old maps and perhaps hidden beneath two clumps of nettles. People may have cut the passage for storage, ritual or escape, while others avoided it because darkness and forgetfulness make such places dangerous. The chamber no longer answers to a name, but it still waits beneath the grass for someone willing to look where the land stopped speaking.
In N half ringfort (CO135-025001-). Shown as "Cave" on O.S. 1st and 2nd ed. maps. Two clumps of nettles may indicate position. 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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