What is recorded here
In pasture, on NE-facing slope. Windele (Macalister 1945, 63) recorded 'a Man-made underground passage formed in hard boulder-clay, with a beehive-shaped chamber at the end. (Two chambers according to another account)'. No visible surface trace. Levelled rectangular enclosure (CO052-03902-) and possible Man-made underground passage (CO052-057---) to NW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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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