90 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



Two stone celts were found, in 1867, by Andrew Corrigan of Coolaleena 

 in a bog on the property of Mr. Edward Stanley, in the townland of 

 Muckauagh, Noughaval, Kilkenny West, Co. Westmeath. One of these is 

 Hal, with straight sides and a broad butt; the other is chisel-shaped. 

 (Fig. 1, 15 and 16.) 



Co. Wexford.— A find which, it' genuine, is of interest as indicating the 

 continued use of Btone axes during the Bronze Age, is stated to have been 

 discovered in L892 by William Barrett, who found a stone celt associated 

 with a bronze s6cketed cell at a depth of six feet in a bog at Ballyday, 

 Co. Wexford. These objects were acquired for the Academy's collection in 

 1914 from John Troy j the Btone celt, which lias a roughly squared butt, is 

 made of slaty stone; it measures 3-Aj inches in length and 2^- inches across 

 above the rutting edge. 



Some mention must be made of the best-known sites where celts or 

 implements were manufactured, and where consequently they have been 

 found in more or less close association. 



The geology and archsBology of Larne, in Co. Antrim, the most important 

 of these, have been studio. 1 and described by Mr. 1!. Lloyd I'raegerin conjunc- 

 tion with the late Mr. George Coffey. 1 The typical whitish and much-rolled 

 too well known to require further description. The so-called 

 ■• Larne Cell Le of importance: a number of these implements are figured 

 by Coffey and Praeger.' Coffey, who placed the industry in the earlier stages 

 of tbe Neolithic Period, considered the Larne celt to be a roughed-out stage 

 in the manufacture of Kitchen-midden axes. Bui the extreme similarity 

 between the Larne cell and the Campigny pick cannot be ignored; it is 



jible that the Larne cell is a finished implement, the whole culture being 

 of the sun-' period as that of Campigny. If this be so, the question of date 

 presents a difficulty, for it is uncertain whether the culture of Campigny is 

 to be regarded a- a distinct chronological division of the Stone Age or merely 

 il manifestation. On this point it is desirable to bear in mind the 

 cautious view taken about this industry by the late M. Dechelette. 3 



S 'Tal sites are known in Co. Antrim where stone implements 

 were made, the most important being near Cushendall, where Mr. W. J. 

 Cnowles, m.u.i.a., wbo discovered the site, obtained 1,812 unground celts, 



I broken specimens, and 240 ground and polished celts, making in all over 



' Coffey and Praeger, Proe. Royal Irith Academy, xxv, pp. 143-200. 

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