Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Bartragh Island, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bartragh Island
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.20047, -9.14132
- SMR number
- MA022-120----
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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
Located towards the SE end of the S shoreline of Bartragh Island. A concentration (L c. 1m; D 0.1-0.2m) of cockle shells is visible in section towards the base of a high vertical scarp that borders the S shoreline of the island. The scarp face is largely obscured by vegetation and by collapsing overhangs caused by erosion. The midden layer is located c. 0.5m above the base of the scarp. It has been partly eroded out of the section face and its full extent is obscured by vegetation. There is another midden (MA022-117----) c. 120m to E at the SE tip of the island.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 17 September 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Barrow - mound barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.