Mine

S of Rathcool-Mountgabriel boundary; E slopes of mountain. Near-horizontal working, driven 230° into N facing rock scarp. Excavation of waterlogged peat infill exposed primary mine sediment containing wood fragments and stone mauls. Overall length c. 2m; entrance (Wth 1.8m; H 1.2m); interior (Wth 0.8m; H 0.6m). No extant spoil dumps outside mine; probably spread over bottom of E-W valley below entrance. Radiocarbon dates for primary wood: (BM-2336) 3130 ± 80 BP and (GrN 15967) 3280 ± 35 BP (O'Brien Mine 24) 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 This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 2/1970).