Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Cruach Na Cara, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cruach Na Cara
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.30389, -9.91685
- SMR number
- GA076-023----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Close to seashore c. 80m SE of the oratory (GA076-020001-). Exposed in a scarp face (L 60m) c. 0.5m below present ground surface. A layer of midden material (T c. 0.5m), composed mainly of limpet and periwinkle, with some animal bone also in evidence. Numerous limestone flakes are also visible, and a number of granite boulders eroding out of the scarp could be the remains of a structure.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.