What is recorded here

Detached irregular-plan single-bay double-height gunpowder magazine, built c.1830, having interior single-bay single-storey powder store. Pitched roof to interior structure. Rendered and rubble limestone walls with cast-iron fixings. Square-headed door opening with limestone lintel.

This secure and "extremely strong building" was built as a gunpowder store for use in the operation of the Berehaven copper mines. Prior to its use in the mines, gunpowder was stored at the Government magazine on Bere Island. Commissioned by John Puxley, the Berehaven magazine was tightly secured. Its construction assisted industrial activity in the mines. It makes a significant contribution to the landscape and is a visual reminder of the extensive mining which took place in the mountains above Allihies village.

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