Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Dunkerron Island West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunkerron Island West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86073, -9.64447
- SMR number
- KE092-052----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
This shell midden is located on the S shore of Dunkerron Island, a short distance NE of Carrigmore point. Over 55m in total length, it survives as a large mass of oyster shells at least 7m wide and .75m thick. A thin sod layer, .05m thick, overlies the deposit which has some stone content. The island was noted in a mid-eighteenth century manuscript for its abundance of oysters (RIA MS 24 K 43).
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. 11. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.