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Midden in Inishmulclohy OR Coney Island is a midden in Inishmulclohy OR Coney Island, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the northeast end of Coney Island in Sligo Bay. A small scale map published by Synge in 1985 placed it on the northeast shoreline, but field inspections found no trace at that exact point. The missing location may represent erosion or a mapping offset toward the adjacent beach midden exposed by a high tide in 2015.

Located at the NE end of Coney Island, in Sligo Bay. This midden was included in the RMP (1995) on the basis of a small scale map published by Synge (1985, 128) which showed the approximate location of two middens (SL008-099----; SL014-003----) on the NE shoreline of Coney Island. Based on Synge’s map, this midden was listed in the RMP (1995) at IG coordinates 16229 33940 (roughly ITM 562246 839407). No trace of a midden was found at this location during field inspections; it may have been destroyed by erosion. Alternatively, given the approximate nature of the location recorded on Synge’s map, it is possible that the midden noted by Synge is the same as a midden (SL008-204----) which was exposed in the intertidal zone on the adjacent beach by the eroding action of a high tide in 2015. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 September 2016

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