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7m S of mine (CO139-049---); driven 320° into base of same E-facing rock scarp. Fire-worked face (L <1m; Wth 1m; H 1.2m); no floor sediments. Abandoned mine operation; mistakenly driven against cleavage grain of rock country. Excavation c. 5m down slope revealed spoil sediment associated wtih this shallow working. (O'Brien 1987: mine 3b)
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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