Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Rossadillisk, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rossadillisk
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.56603, -10.15225
- SMR number
- GA009D042----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A midden was exposed in the dune face on the W side of a N-facing triangular headland in Rossadillisk townland (information from Mr Michael Gibbons). On inspection no visible trace was evident. It has either been eroded away or is now obscured by sand.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 24 February 2016
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.