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- Collection: The Western Stone Forts Project
The wall chamber in Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa, with terrace (at right) built over Late Bronze Age deposits.
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Plan of wall chamber with phases of Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa, highlighted.
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The wall chamber, Dún Aonghasa, during excavation showing the rough face of the rear wall, the rock ledge and vertical break in the south side wall. Looking southwest.
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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 northern side wall of the wall chamber, Dún Aonghasa, showing natural clays beneath.
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Western façade of Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa, showing the exposed section of the Phase 1 wall south of the wall chamber.
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Internal face of Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa, at the wall chamber, with Wall 1 Phase 1 (outlined in red), and the reparied wall chamber entrance (highlighted in blue).
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Cuttings related to Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa.
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Aerial view showing Dún Aonghasa Cutting 1 (Inner Enclosure) and Cutting 2 (directly outside the Inner Enclosure to the north) during excavation, and quarried areas. Looking north.
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Plan showing the probable line of the Late Bronze Age walls and areas where Late Bronze Age deposits were present or absent at Dún Aonghasa.
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Wall 1,Dún Aonghasa. The irregular outer face along the east sector. Cutting 17 was located beside the plinth here. Looking south.
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Cutting 11, Dún Aonghasa. The ‘hollow’ running in under the terrace of Wall 1. The scale rod indicates the depth of Late Bronze Age deposits underlying the terrace.
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Profiles across Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa, with (top) south balk of Cutting 11 and (bottom) north balk of Cutting 11.
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Elevation of the inner face of the terrace of Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa, showing the underlying Late Bronze Age deposits.
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Cutting 11, Dún Aonghasa. Stone Setting F1106. Looking south.
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Cutting 11, Dún Aonghasa. Post-stance F1107. Looking west.
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Cutting 18, Dún Aonghasa. plan (top left), elevation of inner face of terrace of Wall 1 showing subwall deposits (top right) and profile of Wall 1 and section face of south balk (bottom).
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Cutting 17, Dún Aonghasa. Plan (top left), elevation of external plinth of Wall 1 (top right) and profile of wall and north balk of cutting (bottom).
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Plan of Dún Aonghasa showing (top) the likely layout of the Late Bronze Age hillfort and (bottom) the fort as it survives today; the nineteenth century butresses have been omitted.
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Cutting 3, Wall 2a, Dún Aonghasa. The Phase 1 wall face can be seen on the lower right. Directly beside the scale rod is the face of the Phase 2 wall (here represented by a large boulder) sitting over Late Bronze Age deposits. Looking northwest.
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