Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Ashgrove (barrymore By.),ballyellane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ashgrove (barrymore By.),ballyellane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Shell Mound (1933)
- Coordinates
- 51.87873, -8.23284
- SMR number
- CO076-037001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On N side of Great Island, in estuary of Cork Harbour. Defined on 1933 OS 6-inch map by broken line to W of lodge and S of shore road. No visible surface trace. Schlichting (1973, 17) noted surface 'indications' measuring c. 160 feet E-W by c. 50 feet N-S. Two shell middens (CO076-032---; CO076-033---) further W along shore line. A radio-carbon determination of 730 +/- 60 bp (calibrated date range 1110 – 1340 AD) was recovered from oyster shell at the top (Laboratory: Beta 175809) (Milner & Woodman 2007, 103).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Revised by: Paul Walsh
Date of revision: 25 June 2012
References
Milner, N. and Woodman, P. 2007 Deconstructing the myths of Irish shell middens. In N. Milner, O.E. Craig and G. Bailey (eds) Shell middens in Atlantic Europe. Oxford. Oxbow.
Nearby in the register
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- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
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