Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Kilshannig, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilshannig
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.30201, -10.01762
- SMR number
- KE027-014----
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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
This shell midden was exposed following the winter storms and high tides of 2013-14. It averages 9.3m long (NE-SW) and the maximum thickness recorded was 0.6m. It consists of several layers of charcoal and shells: both fish and animal bone were also noted. The full extent of the midden is unknown (pers. comm. Sebastien Joubert).
The linked images are uploaded courtesy of S. Joubert.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 3 March 2014
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.