B694 to B698 mounted on Card 25. 

 Celts, or Hatchets, made of flint. They have the cutting 

 edges ground and polished. Size, 4^ to 7^ inches long. 



B699 to B706 mounted on Card 26. 

 Flint Implements of various forms and uses. B699 is a 

 massive, coarsely- worked implement 3f inches long, by i\ broad 

 and 1 inch thick, pointed at each end, as if intended for a punch 

 or small pick. B700 is of the same type, but only 2 inches 

 long. B701 and B702 seem to be cores from which flakes 

 have been struck off. B703 is a broken specimen of a rude 

 unground celt. B704 and B705 are remarkable lenticular 

 discs of flint, nearly circular in outline, and about 2f inches in 

 diameter. They are ground smooth on both surfaces, polished, 

 and brought to a moderately fine edge all round. B706 is 

 a flint chisel similar to No. 46^. It has the proximal edge 

 ground fine and the butt-end abruptly truncate. Size, 3^ inches 

 long, by z\ broad. 



Stone Whorls. Various uses have been assigned to these 

 objects. It has been suggested that they served as dress-fasteners 

 (links), as beads, as sinkers, as counters for some game, and as 

 spindle whorls, when yarn was spun by means of the distaff, ere 

 the invention of the spinning-wheel. The latter is the com- 

 monly received opinion. 



47 to 49. 



Perforated Stone Discs, or Whorls. 47 is of hard shale, and 



is ornamented on each surface with two circles of ovate to 



rhomboidal markings. Size, 1 inch to 1^ inches diameter. They 



were dug up in an island in Lough Clay, County Down, in 1845. 



50 to 58. 



Perforated Whorls, of sandstone and shale. 53 is marked on 

 one side with fine punctures. No. 54 has a series of incised 

 concentric circles. Diameters, i| to 2 inches. 



B707 to B740, mounted on card 27. 

 Perforated Stone Discs, or Whorls. Mostly rough and un- 

 polished. With a few exceptions, they are formed of sandstone 



