GLENGOWLA MINES |
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Glengowla Silver and Lead Mine is a remarkable and impressive example of how part of our valuable industrial heritage has been reclaimed, restored and transformed into an outstanding visitor attraction.
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Glengowla Mines
This Connemara mine, abandoned in 1865, is a unique reminder of the 19th Century methods of ore extraction and processing. Rock formations in Glengowla are the roots of mountains which once reached great heights.
The Tour
The tour explores large marble chambers and caverns studded with lead & silver pyrite and veins of calcite & quartz in addition to other precious materials. Read More
Glengowla Mines
Glengowla Mines is a Historic 19th Century Silver and Lead Mine, situated in Oughterard, County Galway and is in fact, Ireland's ONLY Show Mine!
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The Guided Tour
The tour explores large marble chambers and caverns studded with lead & silver pyrite and veins of calcite & quartz in addition to other precious materials.
Ireland's ONLY Show Mine!! - A Great Family Day Out!!
The mine is noted for it's rare and beautiful octahedral crystals of fluorite and quartz. Pitch pine timbers believed to be brought back to the west of Ireland by the emigrant coffin ships are still intact in the mine today.
Points of Interest
- Heritage and Visitor Centre
- Agents House & Paymasters Office
- Spring Well
- Hand-winding Stow
- Blacksmith's Shop
- Circular Powder House (magazine)
- Horse Whimm
Other Amenities
- Coach & Car-Park
- Rock & Mineral Shop
- Gold Panning
Our Location
Set in spectacular rugged scenery - forests, rivers, and the renowned Lough Corrib. Situated 2 miles west of Oughterard village 300 metres off the N59 Galway/Clifden Road (20 minutes drive from Galway; 10 minutes drive from Maam Cross and 40 minutes from Clifden.