Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mine - copper
Letter (carbery West (w.d) By., Skull Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter (carbery West (w.d) By., Skull Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.55621, -9.52642
- SMR number
- CO139-026015-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Southern end of N-S gorge (Barnacleeve Gap) across lower E slopes of Mt. Gabriel. Large infilled working driven 248° into base of E-facing rockface. Waterlogged interior with probable peat deposit; not excavated. Probed length 3m plus; entrance (Wth 5.2m; H 1.8m). No extant spoil dumps; may have been removed when bottom of gorge functioned as main route across mountain, before building of upper road in 1846. (O'Brien 1987: mine 15)
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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