Ross Island, Killarney

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Ross Iceland ( Irish: Oileán to Rois) is one that today is connected to the mainland, located on the east side of Lough Leane Killarney in County Kerry in Ireland in the 66.5 -hectare lake island. The island is the oldest center of copper mining on the island of Ireland.

The copper mining began with the Irish Bronze Age (about 2400-1800 BC). The discovery of ceramics of the Bell Beaker culture on the Ross Island combines the carrier with the beginnings of the Irish metallurgy at the end of the Neolithic. Mining took place here again in the 8th century and in the 18th and 19th century AD He culminated in industrial companies that provided 1804-1829 at about 5000 tonnes of copper ore to smelters in England. The kupfererzreiche horizon Ross focuses on the local limestone layer at a small section of the south coast. The mineral is at a maximum depth of only 13-16 m along the lakefront. The island, take place on the guided walks, now belongs to the Killarney National Park. Nearby is Ross Castle.