What is recorded here

No visible surface trace remains of the kitchen midden in Ceathrú An Lisín, County Galway, Ireland, but it once rose three feet high beside a dwelling. A brass pin surfaced there, yet no illustration of the pin exists to show what it looked like. The missing image and vanished mound turn the place into a small absence, waiting for someone to imagine what the pin held together.

Associated with a dwelling (GA119-095001-). Described by Kinahan (1869d, 27) as 'on the north' of the latter, it consisted of 'a kitchen midden, 12 yards [11m] long, by 9 yards [8.25m] wide, and 3 feet [0.9m] high; in this the brass pin GA035-001---- was found'. Unfortunately, no illustration of the pin is included and no visible surface trace of the midden survives. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). Date of upload: 5 August 2010

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