What is recorded here

Hermits Cave stood as a rectangular structure in County Kilkenny during the 1839 survey, large enough to hold a hermit or a hidden chamber, but vanished before the 1899 map. It may have been a dwelling, a shrine or a forgotten boundary marker, swallowed by fields and time. The name still points to an absence, inviting imagination into the soil where certainty has gone.

Named 'Hermit's Cave' on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map (surveyed 1839) where it is represented as a rectangular structure (dims. c. 26m E-W; c. 12m N-S). It has been destroyed by the time of the OS 1:2500 survey in 1899 as it is there named 'Hermit's Cave (Site of)'. Satellite imagery (DigitalGlobe imagery date 2011-13) shows a reclaimed field with no visible structure at the location of the 'Hermit's Cave'. The precise nature of this feature is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 April 2023

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.