This particular deposit is modest in scale, measuring just 2.1 metres long and a tenth of a metre thick, but its contents speak to a familiar and very human habit: eating shellfish beside the water and leaving the evidence behind.

The deposit is composed mainly of cockle, mussel, and oyster shells, sitting within a layer of burnt and blackened sand. That combination of fire and shell is characteristic of coastal middens found across Ireland, where people processed and consumed seafood over open hearths, sometimes repeatedly over long periods, until the accumulated debris formed a distinct archaeological layer. The burning and blackening of the surrounding sand suggests the site saw sustained activity rather than a single meal. The midden sits roughly ten metres east of a nearby recorded site on the same spit, which places it within a small cluster of archaeological interest along this stretch of the Iveragh Peninsula.