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Midden

Rosses Upper, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Midden, Rosses Upper, County Sligo, 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
Rosses Upper
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.30946, -8.57199
SMR number
SL008-220----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

At the W end of Rosses Point peninsula, located on a W-facing rocky slope at the N end of the small/south beach at Rosses Upper. The ground rises quite steeply in a grassy slope above the midden and drops to a sloping rocky surface below the midden.
A thin layer of oyster shells (L c. 2m NE−SW; max. D 0.05m) is visible in section. It is overlain by a layer (D 0.4m) of sand topped with marram grass, and overlies a thin layer of orange-brown boulder clay, which overlies bedrock. The quantities of oyster shell exposed are meage, and the shells are in a fragmentary condition. The original extend of the midden is unclear; it seems likely that much of it has already been eroded away.
Two other middens (SL008-219----; SL008-203----) are located c. 9m to NW and 8m to SE, respectively. The three middens are in quite close proximity and all have a similar composition; it is possible that one or more of these middens are related.

Notified to NMS by Tamlyn McHugh

Attached images:
SL008-220----_01.JPG location of midden viewed from N
SL008-220----_02.JPG viewed from W
SL008-220----_03.JPG detail of shells

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 26 July 2021

Nearby in the register

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

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