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
- 52.15439, -7.10325
- SMR number
- WA026-092----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.