.rouRNAt or fliE c6tJNfY ooNEGAi:. lirsToRrcAL socr~rv mum thickness, at bulb, .46 in. It re- culture on Argery Hill, perhaps extendsembles a Bann fiake, one of the long ing over a long period. Bann flakes :Hakes which may have been harpoon- and hollow scrapers are lake-dwellin:i barbs,~ save that the bulb ·haff riof been ·i:vi>es, wi:ille- · the· · buttoii::scfapers ap ~emo~€9 ·+or hafting.' . .-: 1 , ~ · r :common, o:ia lake-d?VeJli:n,gs" a.nd ,. the ( Q!: ;;FroriL LismontigleY,:, is of ·QPaque ~th1dred ·; settlements~· jof! the l sa.}1!11'.'.'.hills. ~rowiiis'h flint With much. cortex. , 'T'lie ,The spear and arrow...:heiids·· point ·rather &utt may be pro~e:n. ·\ -T.P.e under.:.~id~s, to hunters, whose,game,may have~been it l:I.\iin:& a·· ffake sur)ace..· ;Matiinulh largely the bil'ds ·:1nha~'1ting the reedy tfliickness: . ·at ~bufb, ·.54- in." '· . The imlb. .es~uary. it is-clear, however, that more was at the :P?:1~H· but ~as brel,l; r-e~oveq.,. inf~rmation is needed about. this inter- 'i'he tool was apparently a carefully estirfg locality. 'It ·rii.ust'.have been orie tltimmed knife, perhaps tanged. of the lake-side settlements of the Foyle D. Found in 1938 on Lurganshan- basin, lying about half-way between nagh· inOor, is a spear of opaque "'whit~ Enagh Lough and-lslarid MacHilgh;' and flint. The under-side is a flake surface. though tillage and good drainage are The bulb is at the butt. Maxim.um unfavourable to preservation of primitthicknes8, at bulb, ·.54 in. ive pottery, it is to be hoped that a .,··'· E. Found in 1939 at Mullaghanny, lucky clJ.ance there will yield specimens . is of Bann flake type, . save that .the of the inter~stlng neolithic B ware which bulb is intact: The under-side is a .was brought from North Germany via · Hake surface. · Maximum thickness, at England and Scotland· to North Irelaad ··bulb, .4 in. The edge is a little worn by people wh.ose livelihood was gained ·or trimmed near the point. . · mainly by fishing anci huntmg. They F. Found· somewhere ·on the hill, were akin to the original mesolithit.:: is an awl of yellowish flint. The under- colonists of this island, they c-ontinuej · side is a fiake surface. The edge has largely to live the same method of life, been trimmed to make a point as well and they were not fused with the ·as a cutting blade. The bulb has oeen megalith-builders of the upland, who partly removed. Maximum thickness, had come from the South, until a fairly at· bulb,· .47 -in. · late period of the bronze age, perhaps These flints bear witness to a mixed after 1000 B.C. IN MEMORY OF DR. JAMES Mc~LOSKEY who died NOVEMBER 7th, 1948 R. I. P. .. I 120
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