Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Tramore Burrow, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tramore Burrow
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15369, -7.11098
- SMR number
- WA026-086----
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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)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the bottom of a sand dune (H c. 30m) facing N along the N edge of the sand dunes above the high water mark. A shell midden is visilbe in the section consisting of a lense of cockle shells (L c. 5m; T c. 0.5m) that is overlain by a concentrated black layer (dims. 0.25m x 0.04m), possibly a hearth. A conservation project conducted by Waterford County Council since 2008 has had the result that it is now protected within a D-shaped enclosure (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 50m N-S) defined by a meshed wire fence, with an access path descending the dune (S-N) just to its W.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly/Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 16 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.