What is recorded here
On the N shoreline of Muckross Lake, Killarney. Documentary sources confirm at least six phases of mining here, beginning around 1749 and concluding in 1818 (O'Brien 2000). This mining is spread across three separate locations adjacent to the lakeshore where mine shafts are visible today. The central mine area has a series of partly infilled vertical shafts with surface spoil deposits. The ruins of three stone buildings survive in this area. These include a powder magazine, a small, single storey, stone house and a larger stone building (KE074-035----) marked as an 'Old Furnace' on the OS 6-inch maps. The powder magazine was certainly connected to mining, however the functions of the other two structure are unknown.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
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