Kitchen Midden

On cliff top, along shoreline to N of Curraghbinny wood. Heavily overgrown; oyster, periwinkles and cockle shells visible in section for 12m and measuring 0.3m in thickness. According to Schlichting (1973, 17) deposit measures 75 feet in length and 2 feet 6 inches in depth; two levels of' flooring' (L 5 feet) composed of limestone flags visible in section. A radio-carobon determination of 990 +/- 50 bp (calibrated date range 880 – 1060 AD) was recovered from oyster shell at this midden (Laboratory: Beta 155382) (Milner & Woodman 2007, 103). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of revision: 25 June 2012