Overview
Lead Mine (Disused) — Ringabella is recorded as Mine — lead in Cork. Nineteenth century mining complex on N-facing slope, S of Ringabella Bay.Three shafts placed close together cut into rock revetting walls built at top to hold back soil.
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: Nineteenth century mining complex on N-facing slope, S of Ringabella Bay.Three shafts placed close together cut into rock
Homes and daily life
The saved account records: 2, 1837, 639) 'at Ringabella are very extensive works, conducted by an English company of miners, and employing upwards of 400 persons'.
What was found
The saved account records: revetting walls built at top to hold back soil.
Why it ended
The saved account records: At depth of 10m entry can be gained to upper galleries
Why it mattered
Lead Mine (Disused) — Ringabella matters because the source ties mine — lead to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: there are two lower levels of workings, one which ends as an adit on shore of Ringabella creek (pers.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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