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Post date: 23/07/2015
Directions:
From East London, take R72 southwest to West Bank. Take M19 left, and continue straight through circle and to security checkpoint. After checkpoint take first right, then second left to the end of the road. There is a grass track with cement runners. Follow this to the fence and turn left. Pass building on RHS. Site is ~130m further along on the LHS.
From East London, take R72 southwest to West Bank. Take M19 left, and continue straight through circle and to security checkpoint. After checkpoint take first right, then second left to the end of the road. There is a grass track with cement runners. Follow this to the fence and turn left. Pass building on RHS. Site is ~130m further along on the LHS.
The site is a shell midden that is eroding from a small hill overlooking a natural spring and the ocean. The site extends for ~60m x 40m in terms of the scatter, however most of it is undisturbed in a ~15m x 15m area. An extension to the midden carries over to the fence nearby. This may be another shell midden or part of the original midden that has now been bisected by erosion. There is a wide variety of shell species and these include: Choromytilus meriodanalis (black mussel), two to three Patella spp. (limpets), Oxystele spp, and/or Turbo spp. (alikreaukel). Other smaller shell species occurred on the site such as a variety of whelks and barnacle. The faunal remains consist of avian and bovid(?) bone that is very weathered. A few upper grinding stones that have also been used as hammer stones and/or pestles occur on the surface. A possible hearth surrounded by a few rocks occurs on the lower parts of the site.