The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 52
Shell mounds
Shell mounds.
The existence at one time of large mounds on the banks of many salt-water bays and inlets, which on being dug into, were found to consist entirely of shells of various descriptions, principally oysters and mussels, plainly indicated that these spots were favourite resorts of the blackfellow. These mounds were covered with turf, and I imagine were of great age. They have now all vanished, having been carted away for the purpose of using the shells for lime.