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Ladyswell Barytes Mine, Co. Cork (OS 140038)

A few buildings are left but the mill area has now gone. A shaft has been capped and marked. If you scramble down the spoil heaps to the sea, evidence of water running out of the spoil can be seen which indicates a probable bulldozed adit.

Opencast mining began in 1852 and was carried on intermittently until 1922, when it was abandoned. It was prospected in 1976 and reworked 1979-85. The total production was about 300,000 tons of barytes (BaSO4).
See Cole's Memoir

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