Midden in Kilcoe

Located on Holly Island, a very small wooded and uninhabited island, at the mouth of the estuary of Roaringwater River. A layer (L 2m; T 0.1-0.15m) consisting mainly of oyster shells is exposed beneath the soil cover (T c. 0.4m) just above high water mark on the W side of the island. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009