What is recorded here
No visible passage remains, only a low mound south-east of the ringfort centre where curious people dug and failed. The earth swallowed the tunnel or the tunnel was never more than a rumour, but the mound still marks the hunger that made the hole.
In ringfort (CO041-01801-). No visible surface trace. Low mound (3m x 2m) to SE of centre is result of digging in search of Man-made underground passage.
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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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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