Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Knocknacarragh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knocknacarragh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.25056, -9.11224
- SMR number
- GA093-012----
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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
On Seaweed Point, a peninsula extending S from Gentian Hill. Immediately below the sod at the top of an eroding cliff face is a layer of shell, mainly oyster, with burnt stones and charcoal also in evidence. When first noted in 1951 (Topgr. Files, UCG), this layer could be traced for c. 60m, but Keary and Dunne (1973) mention only a 12m stretch, a sample from which produced an uncalibrated 14C determination of 2650 ±110 BP.
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
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Hilltop enclosureunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.