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Powerstown Sink

Cave sink

What is recorded here

Powerstown Sink opens beside a town in County Cork, dropping drinking water into dark rock instead of letting it run away. The cave swallows rain, river overflow and perhaps forgotten things, then carries them under soil to reappear elsewhere. A person standing at its edge would feel the whole region tilting slightly downward, as if Cork itself leaned to listen.
The Irish Caves Database records Powerstown Sink at Powerstown in County Cork. This point comes from its public cave register. A cave map point does not by itself grant access: check local conditions and ask the landowner where needed.

The cave register does not grant public access. Check conditions and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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