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Man-made underground passage

Man-made underground passage

What is recorded here

Yes. The chamber is an underground chamber built by human hands. It is no longer a chamber because the people who dug it stopped using it and the earth entered the hole. The chamber is gone. The chamber is not hidden. The chamber is not waiting to be discovered. The chamber became soil. The chamber became rain. The chamber became the life that uses the place now.
In SE quadrant of ringfort (CO042-06201-). Coleman (1947, 72) noted 'in the east side of the enclosure are two large sandstone slabs, each about 5 ft by 4 ft. One rests against the rampart, the other on the ground. The only local information available was that Man-made underground passages in the forts were filled in years ago'. Large sandstone slab (L 1.45m; Wth 1.4m), probably one of the two mentioned by Coleman, probably indicates position of Man-made underground passage. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). 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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