Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mine - copper
Ballyrisode, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyrisode
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.50972, -9.68035
- SMR number
- CO147-013----
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 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In blanket bog, on W slopes Ballyrisode Hill, c. 200m N of main Schull-Goleen road. Isolated mine working; discovered 1854 by landowner Richard Hungerford; investigation of mine interior uncovered stone mining mauls and cache of twelve polished stone axes (Caulfield 1880, 341-2). Near-horizontal working driven 62 into low W-facing outcrop; interior flooded. Overall length 3.5m; entrance (Wth 3.8m; H 1.8m); interior (Wth1.8m; H 1m). Smooth concave wall rock profile typical of fire-set workings. Outside entrance, spoil mound (13m E-W; 7m N-S), with narrow antiquarian trench (L 13.5m; Wth 1.2m; D 1m); no spoil exposed. (O'Brien 1987)
A charcoal sample from this mine was radiocarbon dated to 3400±30 BP (O'Brien 2000, 21-2).
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
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