What is recorded here

Cappagh Copper Mines stands on a ridge above Ballydehob, marked on an 1842 map and preserved through a twelve-metre brick chimney, two early nineteenth-century dwellings and ruined late nineteenth-century terraces. The road past the magazine toward Audley Cove still traces the route workers and carts once followed. The mine is disused, but its shapes remain clear enough to imagine the heat, noise and labour that filled the valley before the chimney stopped smoking.

On crest of ridge c. 3km S of Ballydehob. Indicated on OS 6-inch map (1842) as 'Cappagh Mine'. Remains consist of central, free standing chimney (H c. 12m; circ. c. 9.8m), upper courses of brick; two early 19th century 2-storey dwellings; remains of late 19th century 2-storey terraced dwellings. Road from mine passes magazine (CO140-053---), to Audley Cove to SE. 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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