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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tooreen bronze age copper mineCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Cork Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Glengarriff
Latitude: 51.785852N Longitude: 9.574109W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The adits (L c. 5m; Wth 2m; H 2m and L c. 5m; Wth 1.8m; H 1.2m, respectively), which are separated by a pillar of rock (Wth 0.6m), slope downwards and are partially filled with debris and water. On the rock-face to the N of the main opening, a roughly rectangular-shaped driving (Wth 4.1m; H 0.4-8m; D 2m) slopes upwards into the rock with further traces of fire-setting and copper staining. Officially recorded as monument CO090-012001-
Large stones are scattered in front of the mine entrance, and the steep slope to the S of the entrance appears to contain mine debris. There is a hut site (CO090-012002-) c. 25m to the S.
Hut site officially recorded as monument CO090-012002-
In rough rocky hill grazing to the south of the copper mine site. The remains of a D-shaped hut site (2.6m E-W) defined by a curving stone wall (T 0.6m; H 0.4m) with a straight W side (L 3m) formed by the linear face of the cliff. The stone wall protrudes from the shallow bog. The interior is raised (H 0.3m) at the S and is cut (D 0.5m) into the upslope at N to create a level interior.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
In his book “Bronze Age Copper Mining in Britain and Ireland” (1996) William O’Brien identified the mine at Tooreen as displaying “Mount Gabriel” type characteristics, i.e. a small surface mine located on sedimentary copper beds in the old red sandstone and worked with fire-setting and stone hammers. Radiocarbon dates for Irish copper mines of this type fall largely with the early and middle bronze age, c. 1800 – 1300 BC.
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