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Fish palace in Carrigacat AND Milleen

Fish palace

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Milleen fish palace is a section of press beam support wall in level boggy ground in Dhurode copper mines. It stands 2.4m high and 6m long with two rows of lintelled niches on its ENE elevation. The official kind calls it a fish palace, but the facts describe copper mine workings in County Cork.
Section of press beam support wall (H 2.4m; L 6m; wall thickness 0.73m) in level boggy ground in Dhurode copper mines (CO147-002001-). Two rows of lintelled niches (Wth c. 0.33m; H c. 0.3m; D c. 0.35m); on ENE elevation at 0.45m and 1.6m above ground level. Foundations of parallel wall 1.2m to ESE. 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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