Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Dalkey Island, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dalkey Island
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.27357, -6.08665
- SMR number
- DU023-029002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Excavations in the interior of the promontory fort (DU023-029001-) at Dalkey Island in the mid-1950s revealed evidence for two large shell middens. The animal bone content included a high proportion of pig remains. Amongst the associated finds were polished stone axes, potsherds and limpet scoops (Liversage 1968, 62-3, 96-98, 103-4, 119-120, 132, 136, 172-4)
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 28 July 2018
References
Liversage, G.D. 1968 Excavations at Dalkey Island, County Dublin 1956-1959. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 66C, 53-233.
Nearby in the register
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.