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Mine - copper

Staigue, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mine - copper, Staigue, 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
Staigue
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.80186, -10.01280
SMR number
KE099-034----

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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)
  • 1841 · 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

This primitive mine, exploiting a sedimentary copper-bed, is located close to the head of the Staigue river valley c. 500m SSE of Staigue fort (KE090-013001-). The working consists of a wide, shallow opening, c. 8m wide and 1.6m high, driven 115 degrees into a S facing rock scarp for a depth of 1.4m. The rock-face exhibits minor malachite smear mineralisation and a smooth concave profile which may indicate fire-setting extraction. The footwall is exposed only outside the working. A shallow infill at the mine entrance may conceal a small spoil-dump. A ruined stone wall is located SE of the mine (O’Brien 1987, 285-90).

The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 261. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 28 July 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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