entity · site_bi_mount_gabriel
Mount Gabriel mining district
Cluster of early copper mines in the Mizen Peninsula area of south-west Ireland.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
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Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1800 BCE–1500 BCE
Precision: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
Prehistoric Copper Mining in South-West Ireland: The Mount Gabriel-Type Mines — William F. O'Brien (1990)Synthesises survey and excavation of Mount Gabriel-type mines, including an 11 m working and preserved wooden tools.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 269–290; chronology and mine 3/4 sections
Research description
The Mount Gabriel group includes shallow and deeper workings at Mount Gabriel, Crumpane and Ballyrisode. Most documented exploitation belongs before or near the beginning of the release interval, so its closing phase is treated as an antecedent rather than a model for later Irish metallurgy.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Metal-production centre
Direct evidence exists for mining, smelting, casting or intensive metalworking.
Why does this record have this property?
Direct archaeological evidence supports substantial metal extraction or working at this place, while ownership and labour organization remain separate questions.
- Prehistoric Copper Mining in South-West Ireland: The Mount Gabriel-Type Mines
supports assignment · Abstract; pp. 269–290; chronology and mine 3/4 sections
Research reconstruction, not a border
A mapped polygon represents an analytical distribution or interaction zone, not a surveyed frontier.
Why does this record have this property?
The associated polygon is a generalized analytical distribution or interaction envelope and must not be displayed as a political boundary.
- Prehistoric Copper Mining in South-West Ireland: The Mount Gabriel-Type Mines
supports assignment · Abstract; pp. 269–290; chronology and mine 3/4 sections
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
Prehistoric Copper Mining in South-West Ireland: The Mount Gabriel-Type Mines — William F. O'Brien (1990)Synthesises survey and excavation of Mount Gabriel-type mines, including an 11 m working and preserved wooden tools.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 269–290; chronology and mine 3/4 sections
Referenced records
- South-west Ireland archaeological search region · entity
- Geography assertion for site_bi_mount_gabriel · geography assertion