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rith. weathered flints like those from Larne, is seen below, and on the 
)p of the gravel comes the old prehistoric surface, blackish as at 
ther places, and containing unweathered flakes and chips. 
PORTRUSH. 
Several objects have been found in the sand-hills at Portrush from 
I me to time. In two pits, near the chalk quarries, on the road to 
ushmills, I found, many years ago, fine large cores, flakes, and 
drapers, with the usually accompanying teeth and shells. In the 
iind, close to the town and along the shore towards Portstewart, I 
a,ve also occasionally found flakes and scrapers. For several years 
ast sand has been removed from the south side of the street, called 
pring-hill, in order to make room for new buildings; and a little over 
vo years ago the old surface was reached, resting almost on the solid 
)ck. A workman, named James Gallagher, dug out of this old 
irface a number of small flint axes, a coarse spear-head, besides 
iveral cores and flakes. The axes, spear -head, and some of the cores 
id flakes passed into the hands of Captain Eobinson, J.P., of West- 
jrt House, Portrush, who was kind enough not only to allow me to 
^ake drawings of them for the use of this report, but also to give me 
le of the axes for presentation to the Academy. The find by Gallagher 
las reported in the papers at the time, and several archseologists were 
tracted to the spot and obtained some things by digging. I went 
yself and procured several articles which still remained in the 
bourer's possession, and others by digging for myself. My son, W. 
Knowles, also dug over some of the old surface, and found among 
her things a large pointed implement in shape like a palaeolithic 
:e (see PI. x., fig. 8). The small axes are all wedge-shaped, and the 
[ges have been formed mostly by a single large flake having been 
moved from each side. Probably a large spall, with sharp side 
Ige, has been selected and then dressed down into an axe. I have 
en indications of such a process of manufacture among the objects 
und at "Whitepark Eay. In the specimen shown in PI. x., fig. 4, 
.6 edge is nearly on a line with one of the sides, and a very regular 
livelling on the other side gives the axe the appearance of a 
Irpenter's chisel. Some of the cores are small, and have had a 
iries of small flakes removed from them in such a way, apparently, 
I to leave the core regular in shape and more or less pointed. One 
1 figured PI. X., fig. 7. Fig. 1 in PI. x. represents one of the small 
:es from Portrush in my own possession. Pigs. 2, 3, and 4, those 
