Macalistki;, &c. — Bronze- A (/p Cams nn CmrnivlceeJ. 333 



to be noted in Carn G. In the first bay were fuumi a niinuLu fragment of 

 pottery, the upper portions of two pins of bone with well-cut heads, and a 

 boar's tusk (Plate XXIV, figs. 16, 23, and 25). 



The discovery of the bone pins and the fragment of pottery in this 

 monument is important, as establishing the fact that some at least of the 

 interments are of the same date as those in the other earns. The shape 

 of the structure would lead one to believe it to be of an earlier date, as 

 monuments of somewhat similar shape in Scotland have been shown to 

 belong to the ISTeolithic period. (See Dr. T. H. Bryce's account of the Cairns 

 of Arran in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 3rd Ser., 

 xii (1901-2), p. 74). 



Carn F. — The collapse of this splendid structure cannot be too much 

 deplored. The removal of the stones which had fallen into the chamber was 

 carried out with the utmost care, but the contents must have been greatly 

 damaged by the weight of the stones falling on them. The only archaeological 

 remains obtained were found in the further left, end, and right recesses, and in 

 the central chamber (see Plates XVIII, XIX). All of these contained burnt bone 

 debris. This material was carefully sifted, and two broken beads and one small 

 perfect bead were recovered. They were found in the right recess (Plate XXIV, 

 fig. 27). These beads are of exactly the same type as those found in Cams G 

 and K. In the central chamber two vertebrae of Bos longifrons were dis- 

 covered ; one had been placed just outside the sill-stone on the left recess 

 near the entrance, and the other close to the opposite sill-stone of the right 

 recess, but near the end recess, so that their position was almost a diagonal 

 one. Their position is marked (plan, Plate XVIII) by the letter A. A number 

 of pieces of quartz, split by the action of fire, were found among the remains in 

 this carn. Eight water-worn, flattish lunaps of limestone were also found. The}- 

 are all illustrated in fig. 1, p. 334, and measure roughly, taking them from 

 left to right in the figure, II5 inches by 5^ inches ; 14 inches by 8 inches ; 

 11| inches by 6 inches ; 11| inches by 5^ inches ; 6i inches in diameter by 

 2| inches in thickness; 9| inches by 4i mches; 11-^ inches by \\ inches; 

 and 5f inches by 5 inches. They average from \\ inches to 3f inches in 

 thickness. Their position is marked on the plan by the letter C 



One of these (the second on the left of the lower line) has been bored 

 into by a marine bivalve, probably Saxicava. This must therefore have been 

 brought from the sea-shore like the shell Natica catena found in Carn H.' 



' Objects from the sea-shore are recorded as accompaniments of intennents in the cams at 

 Loughcrew. Conwell, describing the contents of Carn H, says : — In the chambers were obtjiined 

 " upwiirds of 200 sea-sbells, principally limpet and coclde shells, in a tolerably [.erfect state of 

 pieservaiiou, and 110 other shells in a biokeu slate; eight varielies of small lustrous or sbiniug 



