The Western Stone Forts Project

The Western Stone Forts Project was initiated to study a distinctive group of large stone forts located along the western seaboard of Ireland. The majority of these forts are concentrated on the Aran Islands County Galway, in the Burren Co. Clare and on the Dingle and Iveragh peninsulas Co. Kerry. Excavations associated with the project were…


Bone point from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 4019.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_4019

Type: Image

Format: L.94.3mm; W.22.5mm; T.6mm


Curved bone point - worked only at the tip. The external surface of the bone is flat and smooth and the inner surface is rough and grooved. Sub-rectangular in section.


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