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Hardman, Edward T. On some New Localities for Upper Boulder 



Clay in Ireland. Journ. R. Geol. Soc. Ireland, ser. 2, vol. iv. 



part ii. pp. 73-82, 2 plates, 6 woodcuts ; and Rej?. Brit. Assoc, 



for 1874, /Sections, pp. 70, 77. 



Referring to Mr. J. Geikie's ' Great Ice Age,' which doubtfully admits 



the presence of the above division of the Drift in Ireland, the author 



gives details as to places where he has observed it in the counties 



Tyrone, Derry, Carlo w, Queen's Co., and Kilkenny. Sections are given 



showing it resting on the Middle Gravels, and one near Kilkenny, 



which shows the three divisions of the Drift. E. T. H. 



On two New Deposits of Human and other Bones discovered 



in the Cave of Dunmore, Co. Kilkenny. Proc. R. Irish Acad, 

 vol. ii. ser. ii. (Science), no. 2, pp. 108-176, plate. 

 The author refers to the descriptions of previous writers, wno agree 

 that there is but one part in which bones occur. Lately he had found 

 at the opposite end, and 600 feet distant, two places where human 

 bones mingled with others occurred abundantly. The bones are found 

 lying in or at the base of beds of stratified sand or clay, covered with 

 stalagmite, which have been introduced by former openings, leading 

 into old chambers or to the surface, the bones having been swept into 

 their present position by water. The author controverts the idea that 

 the bones could be those of natives massacred by the Danes, and con- 

 siders that they were probably prehistoric. A list of the bones is given. 

 The plate gives a sketch of a stalagmitic pillar 16 feet high and 6 to 

 10 feet in diameter. E. T. H. 



On the Geological Structure of the Tyrone Coal-fields. Rep. 



Brit. Assoc, for 1874, Sections, pp. 77-79. 

 The Carboniferous rocks here somewhat resemble those of the N. 

 of England. The limestone series is split up by sedimentary beds, 

 limestone becoming less abundant northwards. The coal-bearing beds 

 are true Coal Measures. The order and thickness of the several di- 

 visions are as follows : — Middle Coal Measures 930 feet ; Lower Coal 

 Measures 1000 ; Millstone Grit 200 ; Yoredale Shales 600 ; Upper 

 Limestone, Calp, and Lower Limestone about 2000. There are from 

 22 to 24 coal-beds, at least 13 of which are workable. The southern 

 coal-field, that of Dungannon, is bounded on the N. by a fault, with a 

 downthrow of over 2000 feet. 3| miles N. is the small Annaghone 

 coal-field, let down by faults. At the close of the Carboniferous period 

 the rocks were forced into a series of E. and W. folds ; denudation 

 followed, and the Permian and Triassic rocks were deposited on the 

 denuded edges — sometimes on the Limestone, sometimes on the Coal 

 Measures. Post-Triassic faults and subsequent denudation account 

 for the present positions of the rocks. A list of fossils from the Coal 

 Measures is given. W. T. 



. On the Age and Mode of Formation of Lough Neagh, Ireland. 



Rep. Brit. Assoc, for 1874, Sections, pp. 79-83. 

 The conclusions are as follows : — The lough is of an age between th^ 

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