Cromwells Pit, mine in County Kilkenny

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

An artificial hollow in an elevated position within a tree plantation. This feature appears to be the remains of open cast mining, possibly medieval or 17th-century in date. According to the OS letters (1839), this feature 'is called by the inhabitants "Cromwell's Pit"; it is an apparently artificial hollow, and it is said that Cromwell, from this, besieged "the Garrison."' (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 44). When visited in 1993 the area had been subject to land disturbance and there was no visible trace of the hollow at ground level and no local knowledge of its location (Farrelly et al. 1993, vol. 1, 129).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK006-003

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