What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined stone ringfort in County Cork, Ireland, where a collapsed wall still marks a thirty-three-metre circle and a hidden passage cuts through the earth beneath. It has stood in rough grazing since before human memory, perhaps serving as a fortress, a sanctuary or a boundary between worlds. The stones do not claim to be sacred, yet they invite reverence by refusing to explain themselves.

Hachured as circular enclosure only on 1842 OS 6-inch map. In rough grazing. Circular area (diam. 33m) defined by collapsed stone wall (int. H 0.6m) to N; original line of wall incorporated into stone field boundary elsewhere. Man-made underground passage (CO060-111002-) in interior. 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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