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NotHng fiu'tlier was found on the mainland to thi'ow fresh light on 

 the early occupation of this place, and we therefore decided to insj)ect a 

 number of small islands lying oS the coast. 



IlSriSHINNEY, CoTJJfTr DONE&AL. 



"We found very good indications of the occupation of this island by 

 prehistoric man. One flint flake, dressed on the edge as a knife, or 

 scraper, was found by Mr. Coffey, besides split pebbles and spalls 

 of crystalline rocks which had been used as implements. "Where 

 the old surface was bared we found shells of oyster, mussel, limpet, peri- 

 winkle, and cockle. W"e also found a large antler of red deer well 

 embedded in the old sui-face. 



GoLA, ComsTTT Donegal. 



"We also yisited this island, but found nothing which we could with 

 certainty describe as artificial, though we saw split bones and shells 

 which we considered were indications that the prehistoric people had 

 occupied this island also. 



Cakeicefin", County Donegal. 



The boatmen next put us on to a place which they called "The 

 Point." This we believed to be another island, but it turned out to 

 be a peninsula connected with the mainland. "We found several well 

 marked sites in this place, and the first we visited was Carrickfin. We 

 saw abundance of split bones of ox and sheep or goat, besides shells of 

 oyster, limpet, and periwinkle, also unbroken specimens of the dog- 

 whelk. Patches of black layer, or prehistoric surface, were also 

 observed in various places. 



Caenveagh, County Donegal. 



Several pits were found at this place, which is about twenty minutes 

 walk from that previously described. In one pit we found limpet, 

 periwinkle, and cockle ; in another there was a space of about 1 6 yards 

 by 13, closely spread with specimens of broken dog- whelk, but only 

 lying on the surface, and in spots here and there shells of limpet, peri- 

 winkle, and mussel were mixed with them. Teeth and bones of ox, 

 sheep, or goat, and red deer were also occasionally found lying among 

 the shells. "We also found several pieces of flint, some in the form of 



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