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gations in connection with souterrains, I think we may be safe 

 in dating the pottery about the fifth or sixth century, and that 

 the upper floor or stratum of the crannog is of this date ; no 

 evidence was forthcoming as to the possible age of the lower 

 strata or of the original date of the construction of the island. 



Our investigations were not by any means exhaustive, and a 

 further and more complete examination might produce interesting 

 results. 



II.— SOME MEGALITHIC MONUMENTS IN THE 

 POKTKUSH SANDHILLS. 



Some years ago my friend, the late Mr W. H. Patterson, 

 wrote me when I was staying in Portrush asking me to inspect a 

 megalithic monument of the type usually called a Giant's Grave, 

 situated at a spot he desci-ibed in the Sandhills, but M^hich was 

 not marked in the Ordnance Survey Map. 



I proceeded to the place indicated, but could find no trace 

 of the object of my search. Enquiry from some of the golf green 

 attendg-nts, however, elucidated the reason of my want of success. 



When the golf course was being made some thirty years 

 ago, the giant's grave was found to be an impediment in laying 

 out one of the greens, and the committee ordered its destruction. 

 The larger stones were blasted in pieces and carted into Portrush 

 for building purposes, and the smaller ones covered over to level 

 up the surface of the green. My informant told me he had been 

 one of the men employed to carry out the work. 



I reported the matter to Mr. Patterson, who replied saying 

 that fortunately he had preserved a carefully made plan, drawn to 

 scale, of the grave as it was when he visited it many years before. 

 He sent me the plan with a pencil sketch, asking me to lay them 

 before this society to be recorded, if possible, in one of our publi- 

 cations. I now have pleasure in placing Mr. Patterson's plan and 

 sketch before the archaeological section in the hope that his 

 request may be acceeded to. (Sketch No. 1). 



