Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Inishbarnog, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishbarnog
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.81339, -8.55888
- SMR number
- DG073-047----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the N side of an inlet, known as Bealanillan Port, on the E side of Inishbarnog Island. This midden was first noted in an eroding section face in 2003. It is visible as a layer (L 1.8m N–S; D 0.2-0.45m) of cockles, periwinkles, mussels, with occasional animal bones and small stones, in a matrix of loose, dark brown, sandy silt loam. It underlies topsoil, and overlies a sand layer.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 26 January 2017
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Signal tower1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.