Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mine - copper
Rathcool (carbery West (w.d) By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathcool (carbery West (w.d) By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.55612, -9.53379
- SMR number
- CO139-026010-
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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
S of Rathcool-Mountgabriel boundary; E slopes of mountain. Near-horizontal working, driven 230° into N facing rock scarp. Excavation of waterlogged peat infill exposed primary mine sediment containing wood fragments and stone mauls. Overall length c. 2m; entrance (Wth 1.8m; H 1.2m); interior (Wth 0.8m; H 0.6m). No extant spoil dumps outside mine; probably spread over bottom of E-W valley below entrance. Radiocarbon dates for primary wood: (BM-2336) 3130 ± 80 BP and (GrN 15967) 3280 ± 35 BP (O'Brien Mine 24)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1970).
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