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Midden in Ballinlig (tireragh By.) is a midden in Ballinlig (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland. It lies at the western end of the northern side of Ballinlig point, where a narrow finger of land juts into the northwest side of Ballysadare Bay. A two-metre long and twenty-centimetre deep layer of oyster, periwinkle and cockle shells sits inside dark brown soil at the field edge. Another midden is located two hundred metres to the east.

In pasture, located at the W end, on the N side, of Ballinlig point, a narrow finger of land that juts into the NW side of Ballysadare Bay. A layer (L c. 2m E–W; D 0.2m) of shells, in a matrix of dark brown soil, is exposed in an eroding section face at the edge of a field on the shoreline. The midden layer is composed of a dense concentration of oyster shells, with a few periwinkles and cockle shells also visible. It lies beneath a layer of sod (D 0.01m) and overlies sterile gravelly orange brown silty soil. There is another midden (SL013-087002-) located c. 200m to E. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 June 2013

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