Man-made underground passage (Site of) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Two stone-lined passages hide inside the Cork ringfort, one breathing through a small opening beneath the south-east bank and the other tucked into the north half. Bowman wrote in 1934 that flagstones covered them, suggesting people built quiet rooms below the fort rather than leaving the ground empty. They may have served as cellars, refuges or forgotten ritual spaces, but the stone lining still proves the earth was shaped for human use.

In SE quadrant of ringfort (CO041-08001-). Small opening noted into cavity extending under bank c. 16.8m SW of entrance. Bowman (1934, 544) recorded 'two Man-made underground passages are in this fort, they are lined with stones and covered with flagstones'. Second Man-made underground passage (CO041-08002-) in N half of interior. 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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