Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Gooreen, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gooreen
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.53656, -10.16995
- SMR number
- GA021-045----
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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
In sand dunes along the N shoreline of Omey Island, c. 25m to the SE of another midden (GA021-039002-). This midden (L c. 53m), aligned E-W, is composed mainly of limpet shells but some razor and oyster shells are also visible. Two bones were noted in situ. The profile is fairly uniform along the exposed section of the dunes but is obscured in places where overhanging sod has collapsed and sand has blown up against the dune system. Further middens (GA021-046---- and GA021-047----) lie c. 80m and c. 170m to the ESE respectively.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 23 July 2014
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.