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At the SW end of Inishgort island. Recorded by Mr. M. Gibbons, this well-defined midden (L c. 8; D 0.3m) is exposed in a jagged section of the ground c. 7m to the SSW of a cashel (GA009D047001-); a storm beach lies immediately to the S. The midden is visible just below the thin sod cover and it rests on underlying…
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From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA009D048
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- Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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