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monuments in the neighbourhood of implement-bearing sand- 

 dunes. He referred particularly to a rude stone monument he 

 found in the sand-dunes at the south side of Bannmouth, and to 

 the stone circle, perched on a sand heap in Whitepark Bay; here 

 flint implements were abundant, and the frequent finds of urns 

 from this locality indicate that several early burials took place in 

 the slopes of the adjoining cliffs. 



Some years ago similar remains were found at the mouth 

 of the River Bush, having been exposed by a storm that 

 stripped off the sand. They were examined by Dr. W. Peard, 

 of Bath, who happened to be in the locality, and Dr. Peard con- 

 firms Mr. Gray's opinion, that the site was an ancient camping 

 ground, and was particularly selected from its proximity to the 

 sand-dunes, and the well-known salmon pool in the neigh- 

 bourhood. Mr. Gray concluded by directing attention to what he 

 considered errors by the authors of the Geological Survey Memoirs, 

 with reference to our northern worked Flints. 



The explanatory memoir description of sheets 21, 28, and 29, 

 refers to the Flint flakes, and miscalls them " Palaeolithic," and 

 further states that the flakes were " discovered" in the neighbour- 

 hood of Carrickfergus, Kilroot, &c, in 1867, by one of the officers 

 of the Survey, Mr. Du Noyer ; whereas Mr. Du Noyer himself 

 states, in a letter to the Secretary of the Royal Geological Society 

 of Ireland, dated December, 1868, that they were discovered five 

 years before. This " discovery " was made by Mr. Gray and the 

 members of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, who at first had 

 some difficulty in convincing Mr. Du Noyer that the flints were 

 artificial. The Club's report for 1866 — the year before Mr. Du 

 Noyer came to Carrickfergus — describes the finding of flint-flakes 

 by members during an excursion to the localities referred to by 

 Mr. Du Noyer. 



Mr. Gray also exhibited a collection Of coins recently found in 

 peat near Dervock, Co. Antrim. They consisted of base silver 



