'K^owi.v.s— Prehistoric Remains, Sandhills, Coast of Ireland. 35S 



Caeeowmoee Point. 



Carrowmore, whicli lies about ten miles south of Spanish Point, was 

 the nest place examined. This was the place from which Mr. O'Brien 

 had sent the specimens in 1898. Some of the old sui'face which was 

 exposed was dug over, and flakes, spalls of broken rock, hammerstoneSj 

 bones and shells were obtained in abundance. Some of the hammer- 

 stones were very large. My daughter brought away two, which were 

 not the largest, and they weigh 6 J lb. and If lb. respectively. The 

 smaller one of these is figui-ed half size on IS'o. lY., fig. 21. The flakes 

 and broken pieces of rock were of the same fine-grained, muddy sand- 

 stone as those from Spanish Point. One of the flakes is figured in 

 No. lY., fig. 20. It will be seen that several flakes had previously been 

 dislodged from the back of this flake, and that it has a good bulb of 

 percussion. The sharp edges of such rude flakes usually show hacks 

 and marks of use. Among the bones found at this place were those of 

 red deer, pig, horse and cow, also some fish bones, which were found to 

 be skate. All the bones were determined by Professor Newton, of 

 Magdalene College, Cambridge. Some very fine clay, which would 

 have been suitable for making pottery, was dug fi'om the black layer, 

 but no pottery or flint was found. Similar lumps of clay have been 

 dug fi'om the old sui'face at Whitepark Bay, and from the sites on Keel 

 Strand, Achill Island, and it is supposed that the clay may have been 

 carried to the sites in these places and pottery made there, though at 

 these sites and those in Achill none has yet been found. 



Faistoee. 



At Fanore, near Black Head, some sites were discovered in a small 

 stretch of sandhills. Two very nice flint scrapers were found on the 

 surface, and are shown, natural size, in figs. 18 and 19, No. lY., next 

 page, but more than a dozen small flakes of the same material were dug 

 out of the black layer. The party also obtained several flakes and core- 

 like pieces of Carboniferous chert. Some of these flakes show dressing, 

 and must have been used for scraping. Hammerstones were also dug 

 out, and Dr. George Fogerty found about the quarter of a very nice 

 anvil stone, which had been broken through the centre (see No. Y., 

 fig. 24, p. 357). Several pieces of pottery similar to that found so 

 abundantly in the sites in Antrim, Down and elsewhere, were dug from 

 the black layer, and also several lumps of clay like that found at 



