Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Monteensudder, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monteensudder
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.74772, -9.54692
- SMR number
- CO104-038001-
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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 the E face of an earthen bank (H 0.9m), which is being eroded by the sea, on the S shore of Corriveillaun. A horizontal layer (L 1.4m; H 0.25m) of black soil incorporating oyster shells, periwinkles and limpets and interspersed with tree and shrub roots, is visible in section in the earthen bank. The top of the layer is 0.25m below ground level. Another shell midden (CO104-038002-) lies 1.5m to the NE.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.