Former galena mining area around Glebe House, Rathmullan:: OS grid J4737 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

J4737 : Former galena mining area around Glebe House, Rathmullan

near to Scollogstown and Ballynoe, Ireland

Former galena mining area around Glebe House, Rathmullan

Small mines operated here as early as the medieval period. The 1880 OS map shows the location of a mine but, apart from small spoil heaps, nothing remains today to indicate that mining took place here.
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2012

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Grid Square: J4737, 30 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Eric Jones (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Tuesday, 7 February, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 9 February, 2012
Geographical Context: Quarrying, Mining
Subject Location: Irish: J 475 375 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:15.9101N 5:44.2153W
Photographer Location: Irish: J 477 373
View Direction: West-northwest (about 292 degrees)