Midden in Cloghernagh,largatreany,pollaguill,lurgabrack

In the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, middens, containing shells and animal bones, were noted at two locations in the sand dunes of Horn head (PRIA 1901, vol. 6, series 3, 349). One location, possibly in Pollaguill townland, was described as ‘over the hill, and about a mile from Dunfanaghy’ at a spot, close to a stream, where hut sites (DG015-003002-) were also found. Middens were also found closer to Dunfanaghy, possibly in Lurgabrack townland, ‘near the bridge crossing over from the mainland to Horn Head.’ The exact location of the middens remains unknown. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 26 August 2015