Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Fínis, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fínis
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29666, -9.81525
- SMR number
- GA077-040----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In dunes along the NW coast of Fínis. This midden was brought to our attention by Erin Gibbons in April 2014. It consists of seashells, mainly limpets and periwinkles, exposed over a large area (c. 23m E-W; 4-5m N-S) on the ground surface of the dunes. Loose and semi-earthfast boulders are visible but no discernible pattern is evident.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload 1 May 2014
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.