Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Lisselty, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisselty
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15146, -7.08516
- SMR number
- WA027-025003-
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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 in a low cliff-face on the NW-facing foreshore on the E side of Tramore Bay. This is a layer of tightly packed cockles and periwinkles (L c. 3.2m; T 0.25m). The midden partially overlies a burnt mound (WA027-025002-) which lies immediately to the N. It is visible in the cliff section at the junction of the glacial till (H 0.55-0.75m) with the overlying sand (H 0.9-1.1m).
See attached photographs:
WA027-025003-_01 General view from the W
WA027-025003-_02 Detail of burnt mound with shell midden directly above
WA027-025003-_03 Shell midden immediately S of burnt mound
WA027-025003-_04 Detail of shells, cockles and periwinkles
Compiled by: Michael Moore with additions by Jean Farrelly
Date of upload/revision: 23 January 2023
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.