Ballycorus lead mines chimney and flue

Industrial - mine chimney and flue

Granite chimney with an external spiral stair near the summit of Carrickgollogan, at the top of a stone flue about 2 km long built in 1836 to condense lead from the smelter fumes. Used as a landmark on Admiralty charts. Open-cast mining began c. 1807; the Mining Company of Ireland ran the site from 1826; mining ended in the 1860s but smelting of Wicklow and Manx ore continued until closure (1913 per Wikipedia; 'the 1920s' per Coillte). Reached by the Lead Mines Way.

Address: Ballycorus, Co. Dublin
Website: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballycorus_Leadmin
Period: 1836
Distance: 2.9 km from St Anne's Church

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Nearby history & heritage

Ringforts on Carrickgollogan / Rathmichael / Ballycorus Ringforts (several, mostly levelled) · 2.5 km
The Rath Archaeological site · 2.0 km
Puck's Castle (Caisleán an Phúca) Fortified house / tower (ruin) · 2.1 km 6RJW+92, Rathmichael, Dublin
dlr Framed Views Tourist attraction · 1.9 km Rathmichael, Co. Dublin
Shankill megalithic structure (gas pipeline excavation) Megalithic tomb - unclassified · 2.1 km
Shankill wedge tomb (foot of Carrickgollogan) Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb · 2.9 km Puck's Castle Ln, Shankill, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Rathdown

Sources: Buildings of Ireland (NIAH) · National Monuments Service · Wikipedia · gsi.geodata.gov.ie · historyireland.com · Google Maps · Google Maps · OpenStreetMap · OpenStreetMap