What is recorded here

Situated on the S side of a small W-facing beach at Trawvealacalaha, c. 0.5m S of the main beach at Fanore. Discovered in 2008 when a band of compacted sea shells (L 7m) and some heat-shattered stone became exposed by high tides during storm weather. Three seasons of excavation followed between 2009 and 2012 (Licence nos. 09E0400, 11E0124). Most of the shells were periwinkle, limpet and dog whelk. Abundant quantities of heat-shattered stone and c. 500 lithics including a stone axe were found in clay deposits to the E, S and W. The presence of shale axe roughouts and shale flakes are indicative of manufacture on site. Radiocarbon dates from the site range from 4453-4321 cal BC to 3980-3796 cal BC. Another midden (CL001-021----) and similar evidence of habitation was found in 2011 c. 280m to the SW. (Lynch 2010; 2011; 2012, 25; 2012a; 2014, 1-10) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 3 July 2014

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