
What is recorded here
Two enclosures and a man-made underground passage still mark Portmuck, though no date or owner is certain. One circle may have excluded people, the other included them, while the passage let someone leave before being seen. The boundary between the visible and hidden is not a wall but a choice about who may witness what.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as TWO ENCLOSURES (RATH AND Man-made underground passage)?. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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