Macamhikij, &c. — Bronze- Af/e Cams on CarrowJceel. '^'A9 



have been found iii interments dating from the Stone Age. They were 

 probably worn as amulets. See Prof. W. Eidgeway on this point.' 



Beads and Pendants. — Mr. T. Hallissy, of the Geological Survey of 

 Ireland, has kindly examined the beads, pendants, and stone balls found in 

 the earns, and illnstrated in Plate XXIV to the scale of one-half. He 

 states their composition is as follows : — The four pendants and nine of the 

 beads found in the left recess of Carn G are made of steatite and serpentine. 

 The ornamental broken bead from the central recess of Garn G is made of lime- 

 stone; the other beads and pendants from this recess are composed of 

 limestone, steatite, and serpentine. The largest pendant from the chamber of 

 Carn K is limestone, the second in size is jasper, and the smallest serpentine. 

 Two beads found in the central recess of Carn K are jasper, and the two 

 pendants steatite. The perfect bead found in Carn F is jasper ; and of the two 

 broken specimens, one is steatite and the other is serpentine. The rounded 

 stone balls found in the different earns are all limestone, with the exception 

 of the two oblong specimens found in the central recess of Carn G, which are 

 water- worn qiiartz pebbles. The jasper pendant and beads are well finished, 

 and the method of boring such a hard substance as jasper at that time presents 

 an interesting problem. They may possibly have been imported. 



These beads and pendants are of much interest ; they all belong to the 

 same type, and all have been drawn so that the shapes can be well seen. 

 Except for the incised line and cutting of the ends of the four pendants found 

 in Carn G, left recess (Plate XXIV, fig. 39), the only ornamental example is 

 the broken pendant with the small incised groove from Carn G, central 

 recess (Plate XXIV, fig. 30). 



The largest pendant was found in the chamber of Carn K. It 

 is a brownish colour, is highly polished, and has a widely splayed hole 

 (Plate XXIV, fig. 20). 



The beads and pendants closely resemble those from the carn on Belmore 

 Mountain, illustrated in Mr. Coffey's paper.^ Comparison should also be 

 made with the steatite beads found in the monuments at Carrowmore, and 

 figui-ed by Wood-Martin.^ Very similar pendants and beads were found 

 by Mr. Crofton Eotheram in Carn U 2 at Loughcrew. Some of these have 

 been figured.^ Mr. Eotheram kindly sent us a number of unpublished beads 

 he found in Carn E 2, and also some he obtained from a small carn on 

 Patrickstown Hill, Co. Meath, for comparison with the Carrowkeel beads ; 

 the similarity is most striking. 



' Journal Royul Anthropologiual Institute, vol. xxxviii , p. 253. 



- Proc. R.I.A., 3rd ser., vol. iv, p. 665. 



■' Rude Stone Jlonuments of Ireland, p. 28. 



i Journal Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. xxv, p. 315. 



