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flat stones can be procured. On account of the great ease with 

 which this stone can he raised and worked, it is cheap, and has a 

 considerable sale, even in Cork, nineteen miles distant. 



Ballintemple and Carrigmore. — Three miles from Cork. Light- 

 grey, close, even-grained, and compact ; works well and freely. 

 This stone has been used extensively in the public buildings in 

 Cork ; among others in the Courthouse, as mentioned by Macaulay. 

 The capitals of the columns of the portico are well executed. 



Haulboicline. — Light-grey, not very easy to work ; can be 

 raised in large blocks. Used in building the new docks. 



Little Island. — Light-grey, close-grained, and compact ; works 

 freely. Was extensively used for the fortress at Spike Island. 



Carrickacrump and Ballyfin. — Near Cloyne, and about twenty 

 miles by water from Cork. The stone is carted to Aghada for ship- 

 ment. Yery similar in character, except as regards colour, to the 

 Ballintemple stone, with which it does not contrast well. The Bank 

 of Ireland in Cork was built of stone from this place. It can be 

 raised in very large blocks, and can be more easily sawn and 

 worked than any other limestone in the neighourhood of Cork 

 Harbour. Ballyfin is about a mile from Carrickacrump, and the 

 stone there has not been as largely worked. 



Fermoy. — Light bluish-grey, compact, but of variable texture. 



Ramaher (Kanturk). — Grrey, compact, very fossiliferous ; not 

 easy to tool, on account of the fossils. 



Midleton. — Grreyish-blue, inclined to reddish, compact, semi- 

 crystalline, uneven in texture. Has been worked as a marble. 



Shanbally. Near Carrigaline. — Light-grey, of a flaggy nature ; 

 an excellent stone for rubble work ; not so good for dressed work. 



Fairlane. Near Mallow. — Light-grey, compact to splintery \ 

 close-grained ; works fairly. 



Drishane. Two miles north-east of Millstreet. — Grrey, compact, 

 but in places having drusy cavities ; works fairly well ; quarried 

 very largely for lime. 



Carraundulkeen. Three miles south of Kanturk. — Dark-grey, 

 crystalline ; semi-compact ; works well ; very largely quarried for 

 lime. 



In the limestone areas the lime, as a rule, is excellent and 

 cheap. At Kinsale there is a bad lime brought into the town. 

 In places along the coast sea-shells used formerly to be burnt. 



