What is recorded here
This primitive mine, exploiting a mineralised copper-bed occurrence, is located on the SW slopes of Coad mountain. The working consists of a shallow opening driven 60 degrees into a W facing rock scarp. The working measures 3.7m wide at the front, 1.5m deep and 1m high. A .6m thick deposit of peat covers its floor.…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE106-128
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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- Mike Curran / The Irish Times, www.irishtimes.com
- Eileen Henderson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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