Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Midden
Bannow Island, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bannow Island
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Clare Island
- Latest-edition OS map
- Clare Island
- Coordinates
- 52.21400, -6.79659
- SMR number
- WX045-044----
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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
Clare island is a rock outcrop island with soil cover (dims. c. 50m NW-SE; c. 30m NE-SW), situated between Bannow Island, which is c. 200m to the W, and the mainland, which is c. 140m to the SE. In 1864 animal bones and oyster shells were noted over much of the island (Anon. 1864a). In the same year a trench was excavated (Anon. 1864b) and the bones were identified as largely deer with cattle and pig. The only artefacts recovered were fragments of an earthenware vessel. Within the 'A' horizon on the W side of island a lens of shells (L c. 20m; T c. 0.1m) mostly oyster, some animal bone and burnt stone can still be seen.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 22 July 2013
References
Anon. 1864a Proceedings, July meeting. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 8, 109-139.
Anon. 1864b Proceedings, October meeting. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 8, 173-189.
Nearby in the register
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.