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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
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.12337, -10.20615
SMR number
MA023-018002-

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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

Associated with a prehistoric house (MA023-018001-) at the NE end of Inishkea South.
This midden represents food waste that accumulated during occupation of the house. An in situ layer (L c. 1-2m) of limpets and periwinkles shells and fragments of animal bone is exposed in section in the eroding E edge of the house. A few stones associated with the layer appear to be fire-cracked. The midden overlies or is partly incorporated into a compact layer of brown soil (D c. 0.1-0.5m), possibly an old ground surface. Shells and animal bones are also loosely scattered on the ground surface throughout the interior of the house.

Attached images:
MA023-018002-_01.JPG Midden layer exposed in section on E side of house (MA023-018001-)
MA023-018002-_01.JPG Close-up of midden

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 20 December 202

Nearby in the register

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

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