210 Explorations in the Bone Cave of Ballynamintra. 
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Character and Distribution of the Irish Elk Bones. 
No. of No. of 
Register. Fragments, 
Left astragal in No. 3, light-coloured. 
169 1 Olecronon process left ulna, dark colour, found 23 feet inwards on east side in a hollow 
of stalagmite floor, which here approaches the roof in No, 2? 
170 1 Fragment of upper jaw left, also dark-coloured with a piece of charcoal, sticking in a 
crack on the bone, from No. 2% 
205 1 Portion of lower dorsal vertebra, very black and dendritic, from No. 2. 
274 1 
Portion of palm of antler, 85 inches by 4 inches in width, with dendritic markings, 
from No 2. 
275 Distal end of metacarpal cleft down the middle, from No. 2. 
276 Fragment of a shaft of femur (No. 2), dendritic marks. 
277 Fragment of a right acetabulum (No. 2), dendritic marks. 
279 Ditto palm of antler (No. 2), black and reddish. 
280 Ditto palm of antler (No. 2), with dendritic marks. 
281 Right tibia, distal end, with a long splinter detached, showing evidence of violence 
(No. 2). Plate XIV., figs. 7 and 7. 
286, 287 2 Portion of palm of antler, 74 x 35 in width, with dendritic marks, No. 2. 
288 1 Semilunar left, showing dendritic marks (No. 2), on the west side, close to the wall, 
under a projecting portion. 
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278 1 Ditto long bone (No. 2), dendritic marks. 
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289 1 Fragment cervical vertebra, very black and dendritic (No. 2). 
aa 5 Splinters of long bones split lengthways, also discoloured (No. 3). 
291 1 Radius fragment proximal end, also dendritic (No. 2). 
306-314 9 Splinters of long bones, dark-coloured and dendritic, some split lengthways were found 
in a crevice with No. XXIX. stone implement, showing perforations. These lay 
under a shelf of the western wall, among black earth and fragments of limestone 
and pebbles (No. 2). The bones are doubtfully referred to the Irish Elk. 
317 1 Fragment of a humerus, blackened and dendritic (No. 2). 
319 1 Centrum dorsal vertebra, black and dendritic (No. 2). 
320 1 Ungual phalanx, ditto ditto (No. 2). 
321 1 First phalanx, ditto ditto (No. 2). 
322 4 Distal end left humerus, showing evidence of gnawing on the articulating surface, 
black and dendritic (No. 2), Plate XIV., fig. 8. 
323 1 Right calcaneum, gnawed? dark and dendritic (No. 2). 
324 1 Distal end of left tibia smashed by violence, dark and dendritic (No. 2). 
oe 32, Fragments of a metacarpal or metatarsal, and split lengthways, dark-coloured and 
334 endritic (No. 2). 
326, 9 Fragments of metatarsal, split lengthways into 8 pieces (No. 2). 
333, 334 Ditto metacarpal, ditto ditto (No. 2), dark and dendritic. 
335-340 6 Fragments of long bones, split lengthways, black and dendritic, No. 2. 
348, 349 2 Fragments of palm of antler, black and dendritic (No. 2). 
307 1 Phalanx proximal right, black and dendritic (No. 2). 
383, 385— 6 Fragments of metacarpals or metatarsals, split lengthways, black and dendritic 
389 (No. 2). 
384 1 Fragment of humerus, black and dendritic (No. 2). 
390, 399 2 Fragments, long bones, ditto ditto (No. 2). 
