Small quantities of shell and animal bone were noted eroding from the coastal section during a visit by the O.S. surveyors in 1973. Nothing comparable was found during this survey.
ShoreUPDATE Feb 2014
Animal bone at south end of 4-m exposure. It appears that the site may represent a cut down through the boulder clay to the beach level, as at the north end of the site there are what appears to be structural stonework (see photo): four courses plus a larger capstone, with the lower course at the base of the boulder clay. The cut would then appear to have been infilled with a mix of stone and midden material. This mixed material (apart from bone) is evident for 15–20 meters to the east and 10 m to the west along the coastal section as a discrete layer between the turf and the boulder clay.
Location
345950.00
986780.00
27700
58.7652321
-2.9361417
Submitted photographs
Image
Date
Caption
User
14/02/2014
Bone eroding from section
mgts24
14/02/2014
Structural stonework cut into boulder clay
mgts24
14/02/2014
Shore at site
mgts24
14/02/2014
Perpendicular to site
mgts24
Submitted updates
Update id
Date
User
1566
14/02/2014
mgts24
Tidal state
Low
Site located?
Yes
Proximity to coast edge
Coast edge
Coastally eroding?
active sea erosion; has eroded in the past
Threats
vegetation growth; animal burrows
Visibility above ground
Not visible
Visibility in section
Clearly visible in section
Access
easily accessible - no restrictions
Local knowledge
don't know
Description
Small quantities of shell and animal bone were noted eroding from the coastal section during a visit by the O.S. surveyors in 1973. Nothing comparable was found during this survey.
Animal bone at south end of 4-m exposure. It appears that the site may represent a cut down through the boulder clay to the beach level, as at the north end of the site there are what appears to be structural stonework (see photo): four courses plus a larger capstone, with the lower course at the base of the boulder clay. The cut would then appear to have been infilled with a mix of stone and midden material. This mixed material (apart from bone) is evident for 15–20 meters to the east and 10 m to the west along the coastal section as a discrete layer between the turf and the boulder clay.
It would be interesting to assess how much of the site remains: e.g., strip back the turf, and also to see if there is any more of the apparently structural stonework.