Field photograph·Csn3065
The Skouriotissa copper mine
Description
Mine buildings cling to a steep, bare hillside. A large corrugated-roofed shed stands in the centre above a brick wall with two dark arched openings, while a sloping chute runs up to a tall lattice steel tower and a wooden structure on the upper slope. Rail wagons stand in the lower right corner, and smaller sheds sit along the ridge behind.
English, as on the record
THE SKOURIOTISSA COPPER MINE. "Here are also mines of gold in it, of Chrysocole, of Calthante, of Allome, Iron, and exceeding good Copper." William Lithgow-1611 (Rare Adventures). Mangoian Bros.
English, as on the record
THE SKOURIOTISSA COPPER MINE. "Here are also mines of gold in it, of Chrysocole, of Calthante, of Allome, Iron, and exceeding good Copper." William Lithgow-1611 (Rare Adventures). Mangoian Bros.
More from Skouriotissa
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Csn3058Large dump of broken pottery outside ancient mine at Skouriotissa
Csn3063Skouriotissa. View from Foukassa Hill
Csn3067Ancient slag heap on the slope of the Foukassa Hill, Skouriotissa
Csn3111Plan of orebody with ancient underground working and pottery dump, Skouriotissa
Csn3112Plan of orebody with ancient underground workings, Skouriotissa
Csn3113Plan and section of ancient incline and drift, Skouriotissa
Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)