Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mine - copper
Mountgabriel, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mountgabriel
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.55636, -9.53030
- SMR number
- CO139-049----
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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
22m upslope from mine (CO139-048---); 27m N of E-flowing stream. Large inclined working driven 288° into base of E-facing rock scarp; transition from strata-bound drift mine to cross-cutting tunnel. Excavation of peat infill exposed primary mine sediments containing stone mauls and wooden implements; mine flooded today. Overall length 10.5m; entrance (Wth 3m; H 1.7m); with 0.9m wide ledge feature; interior (Wth 1.8m; H 2.6m). Spoil dump located on 11m wide ledge outside entrance; spread over c. 170m² to depth of 1.5-1.8m. To S, excavation revealed water trough, post-hole structure, concentrations of stone mauls and stone slab arrangement. Series of radiocarbon dates 1670-1660 Cal. B.C. (O'Brien 1987: mine 3).
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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