Overview
Metalworking site in Leighcloon is recorded as Metalworking site in Cork. In a garden surrounded by bushes and trees, on a W-facing sloping bank, beside the E bank of the estuary of the Roaringwater River. The remains of the ironworking are evident as an overgrown bank (Wth 1.2m
Why it was made
The saved account records: In a garden surrounded by bushes and trees, on a W-facing sloping bank, beside the E bank of the estuary of the Roaringwater River.
People and events
The saved account records: McCracken (1957, 128) refers to an ironworks in the Aghadown area which was 'worked by the Whites'.
How it worked
The saved account records: The remains of the ironworking are evident as an overgrown bank (Wth 1.2m
What remains
The saved account records: Waste from the smelting process, in the form of slag and vitrified stone, can be found in the ground at the foot of the slope immediately to the W.
Why it mattered
Metalworking site in Leighcloon matters because the source ties metalworking site to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: However, as there is no local knowledge of ironworks in the Aghadown area, it is suggested locally that these ironworks at Leighcloon may have been the ones that McCracken was referring to.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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