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Midden

Tramore Burrow, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Midden, Tramore Burrow, County Waterford, 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
Tramore Burrow
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.15439, -7.10325
SMR number
WA026-092----

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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)
  • 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

Located E of Tramore, in the N face of sand dunes along the N side of Burrow Island, in an area where the grass covered on the dune has been eroded. Two other middens (WA026-066----; WA026-086----) have been recorded on Burrow Island, c. 650m and c. 500m to the WSW respectively. Identified in 2018 (pers. comm. Robert Hennessy 5 March 2018). The midden forms a black layer (L c. 1.5m; H c. 0.1m), c. 2m above the level of the beach, in a face which is subject to erosion. It consists of broken shells and rounded flat stones (diam. c. 0.13m) in a black matrix.

See attached photographs:
WA026-092----_01 General view of midden in sand dune
WA026-092----_02 Midden
WA026-092----_03 Detail of midden material

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 6 March 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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