What is recorded here

One chamber, four doors in the same white rock wall. Coleman went through the middle door in 1942 and found a thin layer of ordinary life: bronze, iron, bone tools, stone tools, charcoal, fish shells, bird bones, and meat left from both kept animals and hunted ones. Not a disaster cache. A living cave. Someone cooked there, warmed themselves, worked bone by firelight, and came back often enough to make a floor of days. The rock does not need to be large to be true.

Collapsed area in centre ringfort (CO122-011001-) indicates position of Man-made underground passage. 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.