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Mine - copper

Muckross, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mine - copper, Muckross, County Kerry, 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
Muckross
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Copper Mines
Coordinates
52.01612, -9.53197
SMR number
KE074-004----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the N shoreline of Muckross Lake, Killarney. Documentary sources confirm at least six phases of mining here, beginning around 1749 and concluding in 1818 (O'Brien 2000). This mining is spread across three separate locations adjacent to the lakeshore where mine shafts are visible today. The central mine area has a series of partly infilled vertical shafts with surface spoil deposits. The ruins of three stone buildings survive in this area. These include a powder magazine, a small, single storey, stone house and a larger stone building (KE074-035----) marked as an 'Old Furnace' on the OS 6-inch maps. The powder magazine was certainly connected to mining, however the functions of the other two structure are unknown.

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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