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XVIII. 
EPORT ON THE PEEHISTOEIC REMAINS FROM THE 
SAND-HILLS OE THE COAST OF IRELAND. By W. J. 
KNOWLES. (Plates X.-XIII.) 
[Read January 14, 1889.] 
Inteoduction. 
iEE present Report is the result of an examination of twelve pre- 
storic stations on the Irish coast. Roughly, my survey takes in 
om Dublin round the eastern, northern, and western coasts to Sligo; 
it every spot in this extent of coast where ancient remains are to be 
und has not been examined, as it was found that all the work which 
lhad laid out for myself was too much for a single season. Enough 
IS, however, been done to afford a general view of the implements 
id also of the habits of life of the early settlers on this portion of 
ae Irish coast, and it is my intention to devote whatever time I can 
)are to a continuation of the work next year. Some of the stations 
ive been previously reported on by me, but most of these have been 
[siamined again during the past year, with the view of obtaining 
irther information, and of enabling me to give a more connected 
eport. Other places, which shall be described, have not yet been 
rought by me under the notice of any scientific society. The stations 
iiferred to are Whitepark Bay, the Giant's Causeway, and Portrush, 
L county Antrim ; Portstewart and Grangemore, near Castlerock, in 
)unty Londonderry ; Dundrum, in county Down ; Drogheda, in 
i[eath ; Malahide, in Dublin ; Buncrana, Dunfanaghy, and Bundoran, 
I Donegal ; and Stredagh, near Grange, in Sligo. In all these places 
lere will be found among the sand-hills blackened layers, which are 
le remains of the old surface on which the prehistoric people lived. 
[Ql many instances the old surface has a covering of sand, varying in 
lickness from two or three feet in one place to perhaps over fifty in 
aother ; but there are other parts where the sandy covering has 
een entirely removed by the wind, and the old surface has been 
^ain laid bare. In such cases the foundations of the people's huts 
m be seen standing out above the level of the original surface, and 
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