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- Collection: The Western Stone Forts Project
The abutment of Wall 2a (on right) and Wall 2b (on left), Dún Aonghasa, looking north. In the foreground the foundations of Wall 2a, phase 1, protrude through the sod.
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The Aran Islands with the seven large stone forts and places mentioned in the text highlighted.
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The best-preserved of the sunken-floored roundhouses in the inner enclosure (structure 1), Dún Aonghasa.
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The blocked up north entrance in Wall 2a, Dún Aonghasa, in 1993. Cutting 9 in the foreground. Looking north.
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The eastern sector of Wall 2a, Dún Aonghasa. Looking southeast.
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The entrance into the inner enclosure, Dún Aonghasa.
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The facade of wall 1, Dún Aonghasa, subwall deposits and the quarried rock face.
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The hoard of bronze rings from Dún Aonghasa.
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The hoard of buffered bronze rings (2823A/B/C/D), Dún Aonghasa.
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The Inner Enclosure,Dún Aonghasa, plan and profiles of Wall 1 and Wall 2b. C-C1 and F-F1 show profile across quarry trench (Cutting 4 and Cutting 14).
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The interior of the wall chamber, Dún Aonghasa. Close up detail of Figure 6.88 at a more advanced stage of excavation.
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The internal face of wall 1, northern sector, Dún Aonghasa. Here the face of the lower terrace has been built over large blocks probably reused from earlier structures.
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The junction of Wall 2a (on right) and Wall 2b seen from the interior (south) side, Dún Aonghasa. Looking northeast.
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The kerb along the eastern sector of the chevaux de frise, Dún Aonghasa. Looking north.
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The main prehistoric sites recorded on the Aran islands.
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The middle and inner enclosures, Dún Aonghasa, during excavation in 1992. The demolished section of Wall 2a is visible in Cutting 2 on the exterior of the inner enclosure. The quarried hollows identified during the initial site survey are highlighted.
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The middle enclosure wall, Dún Aonghasa.
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The more irregular stonework of the inner wall face, Dún Eoghanachta, makes it difficult to identify repair work of any era. Western sector beside structure A.
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The narrow treads of steps 3, Dún Eoghanachta.
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The north entrance, Dún Aonghasa, through Wall 4 from the interior, with cutting 7 opened.
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