What is recorded here
Kilnagnady holds a shallow circular depression and a man-made underground passage, marking a forgotten ringfort where people once lived or hid. The fairies may have taken the buildings, but they left the hole and tunnel behind.
Circular shallow depression indicates site of enclosure. Man-made underground passage(CO096-01902-) in interior.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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