What is recorded here
Located on a small, roughly oblong island (c. 55m N–S; c. 20m E–W) in tidal sandflats c. 50m N of the shore, in the inner reaches of Killala Bay, on its SW side c. 770m E of Killala town. This midden is evident as a layer of seashells intermittently exposed in section on the E side of the island.
Notified to NMS by Sue Zajac.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 31 December 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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