What is recorded here
120m N of mine (CO102-023---); near-horizontal working driven 360°into base of S-facing rock scarp. Interior dry with loose rubble floor; stone mauls on surface. Overall length 4.15m; entrance (Wth 1.1m; H 0.8m), interior (Wth 1.9m; H 1.3m). No definite fire-worked profiles; numerous small stalactite-like growths on mine walls. No extant spoil dumps outside working. (O'Brien 1987).
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
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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