Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Aughinish (Burren By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughinish (Burren By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.16740, -9.08100
- SMR number
- CL003A002----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
On the NW coast of Aughinish Island. A midden (D 0.3m; Wth up to 0.25m) exposed in section over a distance of c. 7m consisting of a compact mixture of shell fish dominated by winkles and some cockles with burnt stone and soil. This monument was reported to the National Monuments Service by Michael Gibbons.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 15 June 2021
Nearby in the register
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Clochanunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.