Ross Island Copper Mine
A peninsula in Killarney's lakes where north-western Europe's earliest known copper mining began, supplying Ireland's first copper axes, halberds and daggers.
Dated events and their evidence
- 2,400 BCE mainstream
Copper mining begins at Ross Island source
Where
52.0380° N, 9.5370° W
Sources
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