Midden in Magherabeg

Located amongst the sand-hills on the W side of the Magharees Peninsula, about 100 to 150m from the shore on the E side of Brandon Bay, are 3 large grass-grown mounds of sand which apparently mark the sites of shell middens, composed chiefly of oyster and cockle shells and burnt stones. Items recovered from the sites include a whetstone, a sliotar, fragments of the skull, teeth and ribs of a young child, a bead, and the front incisor from the lower jaw of a pig (NMI; CKFC 1951). The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 21. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013