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Midden

Inis Gé Theas, County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Midden, Inis Gé Theas, County Mayo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Inis Gé Theas
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.12366, -10.20675
SMR number
MA023-017----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
  • 1841 · 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 record refers to a midden recorded by Henry (1945, Fig. 2) at roughly this location on a sketch plan of Inishkea South. It is indicated as ‘K.M’ (indicating ‘kitchen midden’) on the map at the NE end of the island; however, the imprecision of the map means that its exact location is uncertain. It may be the midden (MA023-018002-) exposed in the ruins of a prehistoric house (MA023-018001-) which is located in this area. At any rate no trace of any other midden is now evident at the N end of the island.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 20 December 2022

References

Henry, F. 1945 Remains of the Early Christian Period on Inishkea North, Co. Mayo. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 75, 127-55.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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