Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Glen, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glen
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.79953, -9.95099
- SMR number
- MA085-078----
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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 in an eroding cliff face, at the NW end of a small cove on the SE shore of Clare Island. This midden was exposed by storm action in 2014, and is visible in section as a thin layer (L 1m; T 0.1m) in the upper levels of the rocky cliff face. It consists predominately of limpet and periwinkle shells, but also includes animal and bird bone. Overlying the midden is a thin layer (T 0.2m ) of soil, which is overlain by a sod layer (T 0.1m). Fragments of slate were noted above the midden layer. There is a tower house (MA085-023001-) c. 15 m to N.
The attached images of the midden viewed from the SE are uploaded courtesy of Deb Rotman:
MA085-078----_01
MA085-078----_02
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 5 February 2015
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.