Explorations in the Bone Cave of Ballynamintra. DiS 
No. of No. of 
Register. Fragments. 
725 1 Radius, portion of proximal end, blackened and dendritie, (Ne. 1 ?). 
Oe oe: \ + Fragments of metacarpalsand metatarsals, ditto (No. 1 2). 
730 1 Fragment ulna ? ditto (No. 1%). 
731 1 Fragment humerus ditto (No. 1 4). 
733 1 Fragment distal end humerus, ditto (No. 1%). 
734, 735 2 Fragments of antler, blackened and dendritic (No. 1%). 
737, 738 2 Fragments of metacarpal or metatarsal, blackened and dendritic (No. 1 2). 
739-744 6 Fragments of vertebre, blackened and dendritic. (No. 744 spine) (No. 1 2). 
745 1 Left unciform, blackened and dendritic (No. 12). 
889 1 Fragment of centrum of vertebra, blackened and dendritic (No. 1 ?). 
902 1 Fragment metacarpal or metatarsal, blackened and dendritic (No. 1, lower horizon). 
906, 907 2 Fragments of palm of antler, blackened and dendritic (No. lor No. 2). 
918 1 Fragment of centrum of vertebra, blackened and dendritic, in recess of a crevice. 
919-920 1 Fragments of long bones, blackened and dendritic, from recess of crevice. 
925 1 Fragment of metatarsal, blackened and dendritic (No. 1). 
927 1 Fragment of a radius (No. 1). 
929, 917 1 Metacarpal or metatarsal (two portions, same bone), blackened and dendritic (No. 1? 
a crevice, to the right), blackened and dendritic. 
930 1 Fragment of long bone, blackened and dendritic, in same crevice with Nos. 929 
and 917. 
1176 1 Fragment of a metacarpal or metatarsal (No. 1 1). 
V.—DezsscriPrion oF THE ImpLeMENTS. By R. J. Ussuer. 
Bone Implements, Amber, Pottery. 
1, Amber bead (Plate XIII, figs. 8 and 8a). Diameter, -8 inch; thickness varying 
from ‘25 to °325 inch ; pierced by a hole :25 inch diameter, not placed exactly in 
the centre of the bead ; colour, deep and reddish. The amber is inclined to disin- 
tegrate into granular bits. Found 13th May, 1879, in the brown earth, under 
shelving wall to the right, 7 feet outside the entrance. 
2. Hand-made pottery (Plate XIII, figs. 7 and 7a). Fragment of the rim of a 
vessel that, judging by the curve, measured 11 inches indiameter. Indentations as 
if made by the finger-nail on the rim. Lip slightly projecting. Thickness not 
uniform. Concave or internal side charred. Found 12th May, 1879, in debris 
composed of the two upper strata. 
3. Pointed bone instrument (Plate XIII, fig. 2). Length, 3:1 inch; colour, yellow- 
ish ; not brittle. Formed from the proximal half of the metatarsal of a goat, or 
other small ruminant, ending in an irregular point that bears traces of wear. 
Similar instruments may be seen in the Museum of the Royal Irish Academy. 
Found April, 1879, in the grey earth, with bones of Irish elk, deer, pig, goat, 
and hare. 
