Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Abbey Island, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbey Island
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.75820, -10.14436
- SMR number
- KE106-129----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This small midden is exposed in section on the N shoreline of Abbey Island, on the W side of Darrynane Bay. Measuring 4m long and .2m in maximum thickness, it is composed of limpet and periwinkle shells in a band of dark brown, stony soil. It is overlain by .6m of sand (information: M. Mullins).
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. 1. 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
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.