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\th December, 1883. 

 The President, Dr. Cunningham, in the Chair. 



Mr. William Gray read a Notice of 

 THE SANDHILLS OF BALLINTOY. 



Mr. Gray exhibited a curious urn of rough earthenware, from 

 the north of the County Antrim. Mr. Gray was not quite 

 certain that the urn was genuine, but he explained that a 

 large number of objects of antiquity are found at Whitepark 

 Bay, Ballintoy, including a number of urns, some quite perfect, 

 and containing burnt bones. They are generally found along 

 the slopes of the underclifif, or talus between the sand dunes and 

 the cliff face. The sand dunes are extremely rich in flint and 

 stone implements, and the number of cores, hammers, flint chips, 

 and fragments of food vessels that are collected here from time 

 to time, indicate that the bay was the site of ancient settlements 

 which were occupied for a very long time. There are many 

 remains of antiquity in the neighbourhood. In the bay there 

 are the remains of an ancient burial place, within a rude stone 

 circle, and above the bay there are no less than three fair crom- 

 lechs ; one of them is a little above the rectory, and this too is 

 enclosed by a rough stone circle. 



