What is recorded here
This shell midden was located on the N facing shore-line a short distance W of the landward end of Cromane Spit and c. 1.2km S of KE055-002----. It was composed of cockle, mussel and limpet shells and measured 1.4m long and up to .1m thick. Occurring at a depth of .5m below the top of the sand-face, it was eroded away by 1994.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 5. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Lough Yganavan Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1.2 mi
Cromane BeachBeach / strand · 1.3 mi
Lough Nambrackdarrig Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1.4 mi
Caragh Bridgebridge · 2.1 mi
Kerry Bog VillageHeritage attraction · 2.3 mi
Inch BeachBeach / strand · 2.4 mi
Glenbeigh Hotelhouse · 2.7 mi
Rossbeigh TowerMonument · 2.8 mi
Cromane PointHeadland · 3.0 mi
CaveMan-made underground passage · 3.3 mi
SeefinMountain / peak · 3.5 mi
LaghtsheeMountain / peak · 3.8 mi