Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mine - lead
Clashmelcon, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clashmelcon
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.45695, -9.75267
- SMR number
- KE009-093----
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated c 90m E of the above sub-rectangular enclosure (KE009-092----) is a blowhole called Poultarrif (Poll an Tairbh - hole of the bull) (OSNB, 264). It is subcircular, being about 23m N-S and c 14.6m E-W. Running down the side of this blowhole are drill runs, and they are evident all around the side. Quite possibly this was also a lead mine, which was worked until the natural work of the blowhole made the mine collapse; it may be connected to the next site.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1111. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 2 October 2013
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- Mine - leadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.