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ing objects, some being large, rude flakes of granite, and others igneous- 

 and metamorpliic rocks, with, well-marked bulbs of percussion. Others 

 were undoubtedly dressed into cutting or scraping implements. I also 

 got hammerstones, some being smoothed by rubbing, after having in 

 the first instance served for hammering. Several examples of the 

 objects found by me are figured in the report of the Committee 

 mentioned above. 



In a paper by Mr. F. J. Bigger, m.e.i.a., and also in the report re- 

 ferred to, mention is made of a heap of broken shells of the dog- whelk. 

 The space covered by these was measured by me and found to be 

 15 paces at one end and 3 at the other, by 55 paces in length. Other 

 shells of edible kinds were found in separate heaps, or slightly mixed 

 in some places. Dog-whelk, as it will be seen, has been found in a 

 number of sites, and it is not yet decidedly known what use they had 

 been put to. 



County Clare. 



In September, 1898, Mr. R. D. O'Brien, of Limerick, sent for my 

 inspection a core of dark-coloured stone, some fiakes of similar material, 

 and shells and broken bones from a kitchen midden in county Clare. 

 These were so interesting that I ad vis 3d a further examination of the 

 place, and in July, 1899, a party consisting of Mr. O'Brien, Mr. George 

 Fogerty, k.n., Mr. William Fogerty, m.d., and Mrs. Fitt, members of 

 the Limerick Field Club, the Misses Marshall, of Ambleside, Mr. E. T. 

 England and Miss Helen England, of Manchester, and my three 

 daughters met at Lisdoonvarna and spent a week examining the coast 

 of Clare. The following information is taken from my daughter's 

 report : — 



Spanish Point. 



The first place visited was Spanish Point, where remains of a rather 

 extensive settlement were found in a stretch of sand hills close to the 

 Atlantic Hotel. About ten hearths were found, and round about them 

 numerous rough cores and flakes of blackish rock, which Professor Cole 

 has kindly examined and determined to be a fine-grained, muddy sand- 

 stone, probably of Silurian age. Shells of limpet and periwinkle were 

 also lying about in heaps, and close to one of the hearths my eldest 

 daughter found a large anvil stone and a hammerstone, also a large 

 chopper, showing marks of use on its edge. Several fiakes were 

 brought away, and also some teeth and bones. These latter were found, 

 to be cow, pig, and red deer. !N^o flint or pottery was found. 



