What is recorded here

Under the southwest quadrant of the ringfort in County Cork, a stone chamber waits in darkness. J.P. McCarthy found it in 1978 after a collapse, measuring a narrow space with a blocked passage at right angles. The deliberate infill suggests humans sealed the chamber rather than losing it to time. What lies beyond the stone block remains unknown, but the shape implies more rooms hidden beneath the earth.

In SW quadrant of ringfort (CO061-133001-). Investigated by J.P. McCarthy in 1978 following collapse. Stone-built chamber (min. L 1.6m; Wth 0.91m; H 0.9m; long axis NW-SE), partially infilled with soil and stones; walls steeply corbelled. Passage or creepway at NW end (min. L 0.95m; Wth 0.43m; H 0.33m), at right angles to chamber, blocked with stones; not possible to explore beyond this. Investigator suggested that infill was deliberate and that Man-made underground passage is either a single chamber with a passage at right angles or is L-shaped with creepway to other unexplored chambers. Now closed up. (pers. comm. J.P McCarthy) 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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