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either side; it was formerly inclosed by a circleof stones,"-
forming an area of‘ thirty-three feet in diameter: enouglr
of these still remain to point out the extent of the incle-
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v In the year 1756 a vein of wood coal was discovered
3 near Ballintoy, and worked with so much effect as to be"
9: able to supply the salt-works of Portrush and Coleraine.1
It is usually found in veins varying from two inches to
four, of five feet in thickness, alternating with beds of
basalt. It is also found in the cliffs of Portnoffer, on the
east of the Giants’ Causeway, underlaying the columnar
strata at Killymorris, near the centre of the basaltic area,
and at Portmore,’ and several places along the eastern shore
‘ of Lough N eagh. L The beds at Portmore are said to be'.'
twenty-five inches thick in two instances, and a third is‘
nine feet thick at the‘ depth of eighty‘ yards. The tex-
ture of the wood is often remarkably distinct, and indi-'
cates it to be a Species of fir ; it has been asserted, that the;
roots and branches of the trees could be traced, and the"
annual rings are oftentimes perceptible. The wood coal?
at Portnoffer has the exterior surface of some of its frag-.
ments penetrated by small nests of augite, imperfectly
crystallzed. Sonic years since the pits of Ballintoy un-
fortunately caught fire, and continued to burn for several
years, until at length the flame was smothered by the
falling in ‘of the incumbent basaltic mass. Wood coal’
cannot be used in forges, and the smell,’ resembling that?
of rotten wood, renders it unpleasant for domesticpiur-’
poses. , . A
Ballintoy is a rectory, in the diocese of Conner; thcreiire’
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