Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mine - copper
Tooreen (bear By., Kilcaskan Ed), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tooreen (bear By., Kilcaskan Ed)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.78585, -9.57411
- SMR number
- CO090-012001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the base of an E-facing cliff, in an area of rough rocky hill grazing, to the SW of the summit of Esk Mountain. An irregularly shaped opening (L 6m; Wth 4.6m; H 3.4m) on the face of the cliff leads into two smaller D-shaped adits (L c. 5m; Wth 2m; H 2m and L c. 5m; Wth 1.8m; H 1.2m, respectively) in which there are signs of fire-setting and copper staining. The adits, which are separated by a pillar of rock (Wth 0.6m), slope downwards and are partially filled with debris and water. On the rock-face to the N of the main opening, a roughly rectangular-shaped driving (Wth 4.1m; H 0.4-8m; D 2m) slopes upwards into the rock with further traces of fire-setting and copper staining. Large stones are scattered in front of the mine entrance, and the steep slope to the S of the entrance appears to contain mine debris. There is a hut site (CO090-012002-) c. 25m to the S.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.