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Midden

Burgagery-Lands West, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Midden, Burgagery-Lands West, County Tipperary South, 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
Burgagery-Lands West
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.35206, -7.70446
SMR number
TS083-019067-

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Excavations in 1995 (Excavation Licence number 95E0211) at the rear of the properties fronting onto O'Connell St and running down to the riverfront revealed an extensive medieval organic deposit occurring at depths of between 2.5m and 4.7m below modern ground level (Henry 1996, 80). It had a high humic content, including a high content of plant remains, waste and refuse with remnants of food (ibid.). Other finds included a large amount of wood including twigs and small branches, an assortment of animal bone, fragments of oyster shell, occasional hazelnut shells, and several fragments of shoe and boot leather (ibid.). A total of 24 sherds of medieval pottery were found in the deposit. The deposit represents the archaeological remains of a dumping ground for waste and occupational refuse inside the line of the town wall and to the rear of the properties fronting the main medieval street (ibid.).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

Henry, M. 1996 Bridge St./Grubb's Quay, Clonmel: Medieval urban. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1995: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 80. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

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

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