Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . CARVINGS, MISCELLANEA 177 Bone Scoop found at Howth.—Mr Armstrongs note onApple Scoops reminds me that when a student in Trinity College Isaw an object of this kind dug up at Howth. It was found byProfessor Sollas, who was then investigating the middens whichappear in the face of the cliff below the Baily Lighthouse, to thesouth. The scoop was a small cylindrical bone with one end slopedof? at an angle of about 45°, the cut edge being rounded and was found amongst a large accumulation of animal bones, andProfessor
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . CARVINGS, MISCELLANEA 177 Bone Scoop found at Howth.—Mr Armstrongs note onApple Scoops reminds me that when a student in Trinity College Isaw an object of this kind dug up at Howth. It was found byProfessor Sollas, who was then investigating the middens whichappear in the face of the cliff below the Baily Lighthouse, to thesouth. The scoop was a small cylindrical bone with one end slopedof? at an angle of about 45°, the cut edge being rounded and was found amongst a large accumulation of animal bones, andProfessor Sollas was of opinion that it had been used for extractingmarrow. He placed it in the Trinity College Geological Museum. Henry S. Crawford. Fig. 1. Tombstone, Creevelea Carvings in the Cloisters at Creevelea Abbey, County Leitrim.— The cloister arcade at Creevelea Abbey is formed of plain mouldedand chamfered pillars and arches ; but there are three interesting-car vings on one of the bays near the middle of the north side. The first of these, placed on the under surface of the arch at oneside, represents a monk in the habit of his order and marked withstigmata. The stigmata as well as the fact that Creevelea was a Franciscan ITS ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND Friary, show that the figure represents St Francis. The right handholds back the robe to show the wound in the side, and the left pointsto a scroll placed across the lower part of the figure. The inscriptionon this scroll has not hitherto been deciphered: it seems to beunfinished as well as bungled ; perhaps the stonecutter was stoppedon account of his mistakes. The second design, carved on the shaft of the pillar below thefirst is a foliage pattern, the
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