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Mine - copper

Boulysallagh, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mine - copper, Boulysallagh, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Boulysallagh
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.48824, -9.72640
SMR number
CO147-034----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On W-facing slope above pasture, 1.3km SW of Goleen village. Complex of mine workings on "Danes Lode"; discovered 1852-3 during mineral exploration. 1853 exploratory shaft and horizontal level at base of hillslope; shaft infilled; horizontal level extant, driven 075°; (L 6m; Wth 1.2m; H 1.6m); drill-holes on mine walls. 5-6m above 19th century trial, two grass-covered depressions (L 6-7.5m; Wth 3.5-2.5m; D 1-2m), with eroded spoil dumps. Three smaller depressions upslope. Below workings on level ground, low spoil mound (c. 20m N-S; c. 15m E-W); modern disturbance, stone mauls of Mt. Gabriel-type exposed. (O'Brien 1990)

A charcoal sample recovered from a depth of 1m within the mine sediment has been radiocarbon dated to 3480±35 BP (GrN-25561) (O'Brien 2002, 40).

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

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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