What is recorded here

Oughtmama holds a vanished shell midden where rabbit burrowing exposed periwinkles and oyster fragments near the old mill in 1983. By 1992 the ground gave back no trace, erasing the exact spot but preserving the idea that people once stood there, eating seafood and dropping the remains into what is now forgetfulness.

Rabbit burrowing in a small mound was noted in 1983 to have revealed a shell midden (Coffey 1985, 30 (photograph)) close to the site of the mill (CL003-032008-). The midden was recorded at ITM 530737, 707924 (pers. comm. T. Coffey, SMR file). The shell types included periwinkles and oysters. On inspection in 1992 there were no visible remains at ground level and the precise location of the midden is unknown. Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 19 February 2018

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