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- Collection: The Western Stone Forts Project
External face of wall 2a, Dún Aonghasa, showing larger blocks used towards the base of the wall. The lower section dates from the late Bronze Age.
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Very large blocks used to build the ingoing entrance in wall 2a (the north door), Dún Aonghasa.
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Internal face of wall 2a, Dún Aonghasa; mixed use of stretchers and headers gives the masonry a very irregular appearance.
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External face of wall 2b, Dún Aonghasa; regular-shaped blocks and an extensive use of spalls give the wall a very even appearance
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House (Structure 9) located near the present cliff-edge in the Inner Enclosure, Dún Aonghasa.
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Middle enclosures and eastern half of inner enclousure, Dún Aonghasa: location points for samples that produced radiocarbon dates associated with the earliest in situ cultural layers.
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Inner enclosure, Dún Aonghasa, cutting 1: location points for radiocarbon samples.
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Plan of fort showing excavated cuttings at Dún Aonghasa.
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Quarried hollows on the upper plateau, Dún Aonghasa.
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Soil erosion on the pathway up to the middle enclosure, Dún Aonghasa , in 1992. This area is now completely denuded of soil. Looking south-southwest.
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Gravel exposed by rabbit burrowing in Valley 1, Dún Aonghasa.
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Axis of movement through the Late Bronze Age hillfort at Dún Aonghasa.
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Wall 4 south of the modern entrance showing drop on the exterior, Dún Aonghasa.
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Modern entrance through Wall 4 (outer wall), Dún Aonghasa, in 1993. There was no break in the original wall at this point and the foundations continue across the modern gap. Looking east.
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The southwest terminal of Wall 4, Dún Aonghasa, is built of large blocks quarried from the limestone pavement on the cliff top.
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Cutting 16, Wall 4, Dún Aonghasa. Top: pre-excavation plan. Middle: section across wall. Bottom: elevation of inner face.
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Cutting 16, Dún Aonghasa. Large blocks making up the inner face of Wall 4. Looking northeast.
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Looking south-east along the eastern sector of Wall 4 near the modern entrance to Dún Aonghasa.
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Internal face of eastern sector of Wall 4, Dún Aonghasa.
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The north entrance, Dún Aonghasa, through Wall 4 from the interior, with cutting 7 opened.
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