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Mine — copper in Mountgabriel

Mine — copper
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Located 10m S of mine (CO139-056---); suspect shallow working driven 270° on exposed scarp face. Fire-worked face (L c. 1m; Wth 1.65m; H 0.5m); dry infill. No associated spoil sediments or stone mauls. (O'Brien 1987: mine 13a) 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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