168 W. B. Wright fy A. M. Peach— Neolithic Man in Cohnmij, 



a small variety of sheep and of the Celtic shorthorn {Bos longifrons) 

 were abundant, and those of the horse were fairly common in the 

 upper layers. In addition were found three bones of the pig and 

 a single fragment of an antler of the red deer. The latter occurred in 

 the base of the deposit. The only relic of human industry was the 

 upper or eyehole end of a broken bone needle. The bones, however, 

 showed traces of the presence of man, being split open and often 

 calcined. 



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I. Ca;steaf-nan-Giifean 

 2. New Cave. 

 5. Loch Fada Axe-Head. 

 4.Reasagbuie Axe-Head 

 5.Uragaig Axe-Head. 

 e.Nealithic Floor. 



Oronsay 



Fig. 1. Sketch-map of Colonsay and Oronsay on the scale of 3 miles to an 

 inch, showing the positions in which the various Neolithic remains have 

 been found. 



From a comparison of this fauna with that of the Oronsay shell- 

 raound Mr. Grieve draws the conclusion that the occupation of the 

 cave was more recent than that of the mound. Thus the red deer, 

 which is plentiful in the lower strata of the mound and persists 

 throughout it, is represented only among the early deposits of the cave, 

 and even there by a single fragment of an antler. The pig appears 

 only in the lower deposits of the cave. The sheep, represented by 

 one doubtful bone near the surface of the mound, occurs all through 



