Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Bartragh Island, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bartragh Island
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.20562, -9.15449
- SMR number
- MA022-114----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In the estuary of the River Moy, located in the middle of the W side of a narrow peninsula of land extending S from the SW shore of Bartragh Island. The midden is exposed in section at the top of an almost vertical scarp which defines the W face of the peninsula. It directly underlies a layer (D 0.10-0.15m) of topsoil and sod. The midden layer (L 5m NNW-SSE; D 0.3m) is composed predominately of densely packed oyster shells but also includes cockle shells and occasional periwinkles. The shells lie in a matrix of grey-brown soil.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 19 September 2012
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.