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Man-made underground passage in Gortdonaghmore

Man-made underground passage

What is recorded here

Gortdonaghmore holds a hidden passage inside its ringfort, now buried and absent from the surface. The loss is not misplacement but transformation: the dug way became soil, memory and story.
In ringfort (8341). According to local information, infilled Man-made underground passage in interior. No visible surface trace. 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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