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Situated c. 5m E of a ruined vernacular house in the E-facing section of the foreshore on Scattery Island. An extensive midden (L 35m; av. D 0.3m) overlain by a layer of topsoil (max. D 0.2m) and a layer of paving/cobbling (max. D 0.17m) both of which extend the full length of the midden. The densest concentration is within a possible cut (L 2.2m; max. D 0.3m) containing a number of layers of shell (crushed oyster, limpets and cockles) and some bone fragments. (Dunne and Ryan 2001, 11)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 20 September 2016
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 1/1971).
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