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Man-made underground passage

Man-made underground passage

What is recorded here

Closed in 1939 according to Hartnett, the passage still keeps its infilled entrance exposed in the north-west quadrant of the ringfort. It is no longer a working tunnel, but the buried shape and sealed opening preserve the fact that people cut through solid ground there. The ringfort stands above a hidden chamber or track, waiting for someone to remove the fill and discover what the builders concealed beneath the earth.
In NW quadrant of ringfort (CO060-093001-). Hartnett (1939, 68) noted that it is 'now closed'. Infilled entrance still visible. 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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