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"beds, however, here and elsewhere are lighter in colour, being grey 

 and yellow. 



Greenan. Four miles from Mohill, loose masses of sand- 

 stone. Between four and five miles from Mohill there are several 

 quarries in whitish and brownish-yellow stone, from which large 

 blocks can be obtained. 



Between Dromod and Drumsna, eastward of the road, are 

 different quarries. Whitish, clean, even-grained, quartzose, thick- 

 bedded; irregularly jointed but very large squared stones can 

 be obtained; it dresses well, but is hard to work. This is not 

 much used ; but the ashlars, groins, and sills for the Aughamore 

 lloman Catholic church were obtained here, and have produced 

 sharp and durable work. 



Cloonmorris. Between Dromod and Newtownforbes. — School- 

 house, rubble and walling ; free-working and durable. 



Crummy. North-east of Carrick-on-Skannon. — School-house, 

 rubble and walling ; very free-working and durable ; dressing 

 from Creeve (limestone), Co. Meath. 



Curnagan, Parish of Fenagh. — A quarry once well known for 

 its millstones. 



Killea. Seven miles from Manorhamilton. — Stones vary in 

 colour and composition. The best is whitish. Fine-grained, sili- 

 cious, works freely ; large blocks can be obtained. Other beds 

 are greyish, slightly argillaceous or micaceous. The quarry was 

 largely worked, but expensive, on account of a heavy bearing, and 

 the upper stones being deteriorated by stains. 



Glenfam. Nine miles from Manorhamilton. — Greyish- white, 

 coarse-grained, silicious, argillo-silicious cement, works well. 



In various localities in the Coal-measure hills there are said to 

 be good stones ; but they are difficult of access. In places are 

 seams of thin-bedded sandstone suitable for flagging, the natural 

 surface being quite even, and, as they are hard, they are very 

 durable. The flags from the Arigna Hills have been used in 

 Carrick and Mohill, and those from Glenfarn in Manorhamilton. 



Sand and Gravel. — In the country to the eastward of the 

 Shannon the pit sand in general is good ; but westward of that 

 oiver, for the most part, it is inferior. 



Good river sand occurs in different places all over the area, but 

 often in limited quantities. 



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