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Midden MA022-124002- in Rosserk

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Located in a vertical scarp, which forms the land edge on the W shoreline at the narrow S end of the estuary of the River Moy. There are a number of small islands in the river at this point, which are accessible across exposed sandflats at low tide. A thin lens (L 0.6m; T 0.04-0.05m) of fragmentary cockle shells is…

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Located in a vertical scarp, which forms the land edge on the W shoreline at the narrow S end of the estuary of the River Moy. There are a number of small islands in the river at this point, which are accessible across exposed sandflats at low tide. A thin lens (L 0.6m; T 0.04-0.05m) of fragmentary cockle shells is visible in section in the earthen scarp (H 1.3m) at a height of c. 0.5-0.6mm above the base of the scarp. A single periwinkle shell was noted amongst the cockle shells. The lower parts of the scarp are covered by bright-green algae which may conceal the full extent of the midden. Another midden (MA022-124001-) is located 25m to S, exposed in section in the same scarp. Rosserk Abbey (MA022-082001-) is located c. 100m to S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 June 2016

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA022-124002

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  • Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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