Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Dernish Island, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dernish Island
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.41914, -8.49754
- SMR number
- SL002-057----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Exposed in section in the land-edge cliff on the extreme SE side of Dernish Island. The vertical sand cliff (H c. 2-3m) drops to a strip of sandy beach, bordering a narrow tidal channel (Wth c. 250m) which separates the island from the mainland. A thin layer (L c. 2m) of sea shells, in a matrix of grey sand, is visible in the upper levels of the section face at a height of c. 2m above the shoreline. The sod-covered top of the cliff is partly slumped, and part of the midden layer may be displaced as a result.
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 1 August 2017
References
Kytmannow, T., Hunt, C., Malone, C. and Kahlert, T. 2009 Living on the Edge: Archaeological Survey of shell middens on five islands in Sligo Bay. Unpublished Report to the Heritage Council of Ireland, 25th of Nov 2009.
Kytmannow, T., Hunt, C. and Kahlert, T. 2010 Living on the Edge: Archaeological Survey of shell middens on five islands in Sligo Bay, second season. Unpublished Final Report to the Heritage Council of Ireland, 12th of Dec 2010. Heritage Research Grants Scheme, 2010: Reference R00533.
Nearby in the register
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.