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Mine — copper in Mountgabriel

Mine — copper
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Located 4.6m S of mine (CO139-057---); infilled working driven 257° into N-facing rock scarp. Waterlogged peaty infill; large slab cleaved off scarpface obstructs entrance; footwall not exposed. Accessible length: c. 3.9m; entrance (Wth 4.4m; H 0.5m), interior (Wth 2.3m; H 0.6m). No spoil sediment outside this working; rock extract was probably taken down-slope to mine (CO139-048---; CO139-049---) dumps. (O'Brien 1987: mine 14) 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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