A band of midden material, that is, a prehistoric refuse deposit built up from discarded food waste and domestic debris, stretches across a scarp face for roughly 32 metres, sitting no more than a metre below the current ground surface. What makes it quietly unsettling is that it is not just a convenient shelf of shells. Human remains were reportedly found in the area in 1989, a discovery that complicates any tidy picture of the site as simply a rubbish heap.

The deposit is composed mainly of shells, whelk, periwinkle, and oyster among them, alongside burnt stone and animal bone. A fragment of a hone, a small sharpening stone used for keeping blades and tools in working order, was also recovered. Taken together, these finds suggest a coastal community that ate well from the sea, processed food with fire, maintained tools, and at some point buried, or at least left, their dead nearby. The midden is thought to be a continuation of a similar deposit located approximately 175 metres to the south-east, which would make the combined site considerably larger than its exposed face suggests. The thickness of the visible band, between 25 and 35 centimetres, hints at repeated use over time rather than a single episode of occupation.