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Midden

Aughrus Beg, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Midden, Aughrus Beg, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Aughrus Beg
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.56140, -10.16609
SMR number
GA021-050----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

In sand dunes on the N shoreline of Aughrus Beg townland. This midden (L c. 17m) is visible in the dune face as a dark horizon interspersed with limpet and periwinkle shells, and a band of granite boulders. The E and W limits are obscured by collapse and scraw and it is likely that the midden extends further in both directions. A pit is visible c. 4.5m to the W of its E limits. It is 0.6m below the sod layer and it varies in width from 1.4m at the top to 0.2m at the base; it is 0.5m in depth. There is a drop of 0.6m from the base of it to the bottom of the dune. Periwinkle and limpet shells are also visible within it and it appears to be sealed with a line of granite boulders.
The midden was brought to the attention of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland by M. Gibbons, Archaeologist, Clifden.

The following images have been uploaded:
GA021-050----_01.jpg View end of midden from N
GA021-050----_02.jpg E end from N
GA021-050----_03.jpg W limits
GA021-050----_04.jpg Pit detail

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.

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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