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on the slope of the hill to the west of the old road from Larne 
to Glenarm. There are many other antiquarian remains in the 
same locality, and worked flints are found scattered over the 
surface of the fields. 
11. DRUIDS’ COTTAGE CROMLECH, ISLANDMAGEE. 
Sketch No. 14. 
The subject of this sketch may be found at the road-side, on 
the hill overlooking Larne Lough, from the northern extremity 
of Islandmagee, opposite the point of the Curran, and about 
one mile from the ferry. A cottage has been built adjoining 
the cromlech, so that the latter stands within a few yards of the 
front windows— a circumstance that has, doubtless, served to 
preserve the monument up to the present. The cap-stone, 
which is about six feet long, covers a chamber formed of blocks 
of stone standing on end, and together form a very fair example 
of our Irish cromlechs. The folk-lore of the locality refers to this 
monument when it had a far more imposing appearance, being 
in early times surrounded by other stones, possibly a complete 
circle. The building of the cottage and other improvements 
removed all trace of the circle, and the cromlech now stands 
alone. Early in the present century a number of gold orna- 
ments were found in the immediate vicinity of the cromlech,* 
and worked flints may still be found on the surface of the 
sloping ground towards the lough. 
12. FAIR HEAD CROMLECH, BALLYCASTLE. 
Away to the east of Ballycastle, above the collieries, on the 
rocky plateau of Fair Head, there are the remains of a small 
cromlech. Within living memory this monument was com- 
plete, and the chamber was the favourite retreat of badgers. 
Here the country sportsmen came with their dogs to hunt, and 
the 11 sport” resulted in the overturning of the cap stone and 
the comparative destruction of the monument. 
* See Dublin Penny Journal. Vol, J., 1832. Page 209. 
