Midden in Finned (carbury By.)

Located on the S shoreline of the Finned peninsula overlooking the inner reaches of Drumcliff Bay. This midden is exposed in section in the vertical land-edge scarp (H 2m) bordering a stony beach. It occurs at a height of 1.4m above beach level, and c. 0.4-0.5m below the top of the scarp. It underlies a layer of moderately stony, grey soil and overlies compact, stony orange boulder clay. It is evident as a thin layer (L c. 2m WSW−ESE; D 0.05m) of sea shells, oysters, cockles and occasional periwinkles, intermixed with occasional burnt stone in a dark brown soil matrix. Many of the shells are in a fragmentary condition. The layer is partly concealed by brambles and overgrowth. Notified to NMS by Tamlyn McHugh Attached images: SL008-217----_01.JPG viewed from S. SL008-217----_01.JPG viewed from W. SL008-217----_03.JPG detail of shells Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 July 2021