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Mine — copper in Mountgabriel

Mine — copper
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135m S of mine (CO139-054---; CO139-058---); infilled mine working driven 275° into E-facing rock scarp. Interior waterlogged with probable peat deposit; not excavated. Probed length 3m plus; entrance (Wth 1m; H 0.3m). Outside entrance, large semi-circular spoil mound (c. 15m N-S; 13m E-W); water-eroded channel (L 7.3m; Wth 0.5m; D 0.7m); stone mauls exposed in section. (O'Brien 1987: mine 29). 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).

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