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quite flat on the other. It is finely polished, and is perforated 

 at one extremity, and has a hole at the other end, which does 

 not perforate the stone. Size, 3 inches long, by f at the broadest 

 part. 



Bi,ii7 

 A Rectangular Burnisher, perforated at one end. Size, 3 

 inches long, by -§ broad. 



Bi,ii8 to Bi,i23 



Whetstones, with perforations at the end. Size, 2 inches 

 to i\ long, \ to 1 inch broad. 



Bi,i24 to Bi,i27 



Imperforate Whetstones. Size, 2 to 3 inches long, \ inch 

 broad, and \ inch thick. 



150. 



Whetstone of fine slate. Size, 3 x 1 x f inches. Found at 

 Killiney Lough, County Down, 1839. 



132. 

 A Touchstone, or possibly a polishing tool, of reddish coloured 

 quartz. It is rectangular, tapering to each extremity, and quite 

 smooth. It is exactly represented by Fig. 71, Royal Irish 

 Academy Catalogue. Length, 3 inches ; breadth and thickness 

 at the middle, f inch. 



Bi,i28 to Bi,i33, 



Smooth, Flattened Stones, nearly circular in outline, and 

 rounded off to the margins. On each face there is a shallow 

 groove, extending to rather more than half the diameter of the 

 specimen. They are of smooth quartzite rock, except Nos. 

 Bi,o86 and B 1,087, which are of coarse sandstone, and possibly 

 only modern imitations. Diameter, about 2 inches ; thickness, 

 1 inch. 



142. 



Sandstone Mould for casting bronze celts. This is a thick 

 piece of sandstone, with moulds for flat celts on three faces. 



