Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Dooaghs, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dooaghs
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.08819, -9.93063
- SMR number
- KE055-006----
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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 the same eroded sand-face as KE055-005----, and 13.7m to W, is a shell midden which is 3.8m long and .15m in maximum thickness. It is composed predominantly of mussel shells, with some cockles and periwinkles also occurring, as well as small quantities of charcoal. It occurs in a light-coloured, intermittently stony layer of sand, which is located .25m below present ground level.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 7. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.