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Midden

Ballinlig (Tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Midden, Ballinlig, 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
Ballinlig (Tireragh By.)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not inidcated
Latest-edition OS map
Not inidcated
Coordinates
54.24523, -8.62775
SMR number
SL013-087001-

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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

In pasture, at the SE tip of Ballinlig point, a narrow finger of land that juts into the W end of Ballysadare Bay, and overlooks a small river estuary to S. A layer (L c. 8m NE–SW; D 0.3m) of shells in a matrix of dark brown soil is exposed in section, immediately below the sod line, on the eroding E end of the peninsula. The midden has accumulated against the S-facing slope of a ridge and may extend beneath the sod for c. 6m to W of the exposed section. It is composed of a dense concentration of oyster shells, with a few periwinkles and cockle shells also visible. There is a hut site (SL013-087003-) c. 7m to W and another hut site (SL013-087003-) c. 10m to SW. There is another midden (SL013-087002-) located c. 80m to NW.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 19 January 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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