Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Skeam West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Skeam West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.50385, -9.45607
- SMR number
- CO149-011003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
To the S of Skeam church (CO149-011002-), on Skeam island in Roaring Water Bay. Excavation, in advance of the buttressing of the church walls, uncovered the remains of a shell midden. Pottery dating to the 16th/17th century was included in the midden material. (Cotter 1991, 19-20)
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.