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Post date: 17/03/2016
Shell midden
Current observation is a shell midden, but the exact size is not known. A large part of the accumulation may be covered by vegetation. Shell midden is a Local Grade IIIA/ts site and of medium to high significance. The site falls outside the footprint and is not directly under threat from the proposed development, but is undirectly under threat fi'om the public. The shell midden was about 20 x 10 metres in size and some 5 cm deep, mostly covered by sand and vegetation. The site also displayed a fair number of fire cracked stone which may be the remains of a collapsed stone features. The shellfish species are similar to the other sites above, but S. orgenvillei was more prominent and Cymbulu oailus was also found occasionally. No pottery or bone was found, but a number of quartzite slone flakes and flaked cobbles suggested that this
midden could be of Kabeljous origin. No other fbod or cultural remains were found.