Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Inis Bigil, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inis Bigil
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.99106, -9.89536
- SMR number
- MA043-018----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located on the NW side of a narrow inlet, named Clúideog, on the SE side of Inishbiggle Island.
This midden was discovered in September 2018 (Pers. comm. Moira Heery and Michael Heery). It is exposed in section in the partly eroded face of a low, shoreline cliff, at a height of c. 0.3m below land surface and c. 1m above the stony shore. It is evident as a dense layer (D 0.2-0.3m) of shells, including cockles, limpets, mussels, and periwinkles. The section face is partly concealed by vegetation, but the midden layer can be traced for a length of c. 2m.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughessy
Date of upload: 28 November 2018
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structure2 mi
- House - indeterminate date2 mi
- Ringfort - rath2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.