Middens are essentially ancient rubbish heaps, but that description undersells them considerably. They are among the most information-dense archaeological deposits a site can contain, preserving evidence of diet, season of occupation, species now locally extinct, and the slow rhythms of coastal life across generations or even millennia. That one survives at Culleenamore, tucked into a landscape better known today for its strand and the distant profile of Knocknarea, makes it a quietly significant marker of long human presence along this stretch of the Atlantic shore.