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At a short distance to the south of Armoy, on the estate 

 of Captain M'Cartney, in the townlands of Knocknahinch and 

 Moyaver, remains of rude stone structures were known to 

 exist for a very long time ; locally they are known as " coves," 

 because of the cave-like character of the chambers there dis- 

 covered. These " coves," or caves, occur particularly in one 

 field in the Townland of Knocknahinch, and adjoin an old 

 graveyard, now only used for the burial of unbaptised children. 

 Indeed, this burial place seems to be a portion of the field or 

 enclosure through which the caves run like a network of 

 passages formed of rough walls at either side, a few feet apart, 

 and covered over at a height of about five feet with rough 

 flags, all of which are below the surface of the ground, and 

 leave no indication of their form, direction, or extent on the 

 surface. In a portion of the adjoining townland of Moyaver, 

 at Carryhashel, large blocks of stone occur, scattered over a 

 considerable extent of ground, and, though very rough, indi- 

 cate an artificial enclosure. The exploring party selected this 

 spot for their operations, and at once communicated with 

 Captain M'Cartney, who afforded every facility, but unfortu- 

 nately could not be present himself, as he desired. The sub- 

 committee appointed by the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club to 

 make the explorations were therefore left to contend against 

 the prejudices of the people in the neighbourhood, who began 

 to think the gentlemen from Belfast came to hunt for long- 

 buried treasure, and lads, with others, calculating that some- 

 thing of value was to be found, began to dig and root about 

 the place, and it was reported they found some stone celts, 

 &c. The printed notice freely circulated through the National 

 Schools, &c, by the Royal Irish Academy, calling upon the 

 country people to collect all kinds of Irish antiquities, such as 

 flint arrow-heads, eelts, bronze implements, and gold orna- 

 ments found in bogs and around ancient monuments, is of 

 very questionable utility, for it encourages an indiscriminate 

 search for all kinds of things, without any regard to the con- 



