Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Kilmog Or Racecourse, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmog Or Racecourse
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60152, -7.26674
- SMR number
- KK023-041----
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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
A midden, consisting of a number of oyster shells in the topsoil, was exposed as part of the archaeological investigations on the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline (1981-2) (Sleeman 1983, 365-6).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 11 August 2021
References
Sleeman, M. 1983 Sites identified during the construction of the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline. In The Archaeology of the Cork-Dublin gas pipeline report 1983, 360-72.
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