Mine in Staigue, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

This primitive mine, exploiting a sedimentary copper-bed, is located close to the head of the Staigue river valley c. 500m SSE of Staigue fort (KE090-013001-). The working consists of a wide, shallow opening, c. 8m wide and 1.6m high, driven 115 degrees into a S facing rock scarp for a depth of 1.4m. The rock-face exhibits minor malachite smear mineralisation and a smooth concave profile which may indicate fire-setting extraction. The footwall is exposed only outside the working. A shallow infill at the mine entrance may conceal a small spoil-dump. A ruined stone wall is located SE of the mine (O’Brien 1987, 285-90). Cork University Press (1996), no. 261.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE099-034

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