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- Collection: The Western Stone Forts Project
Cutting 9, Middle Enclosure wall (Wall 2a.2), Dún Aonghasa. The terrace sits on a raft of rubble, its foundations exposed on the pre-excavation surface. Looking northwest.
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Cutting 9, Middle Enclosure wall, Dún Aonghasa.
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Plan of the Inner Enclosure showing details of Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa.
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Medial face visible on surface of upper terrace at western side of Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa. Looking north.
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Medial faces, northwest corner of Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa. Looking southwest.
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Exploring the possibility of sectioning the southwestern side of Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa in 1992. The face (at left) did not continue below terrace level (at right) and the attempt was abandoned. Looking north.
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Wall 1, Dún Aonghasa. Plan showing the medial faces visible on the upper terrace in 1992 and (below) a hypothetical reconstruction of the wall.
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The trivallate defences of the later fort, Dún Aonghasa.
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Cutting 4 west, Dún Aonghasa. The external face of Wall 3 sitting on bedrock.
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Cutting 2 north, Dún Aonghasa. Plan (top), section A-A1 showing Wall 2b sitting on bedrock (middle) and elevation of external (northwest) face of Wall 2a showing the shallow sub-wall deposits (bottom).
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Cutting 2 north, Dún Aonghasa. Junction of Wall 2a and Wall 2b. Looking south.
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Cutting 2 north, Dún Aonghasa. Wall 2b abutting Wall 2a.
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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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Detail of the chevaux de frise kerb along the east sector, Dún Aonghasa.
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The remains of the chevaux de frise outside the north entrance in Wall 2a, Dún Aonghasa.
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Cutting 10, Dún Aonghasa. Looking down from Wall 2a on the area outside the north entrance. Removal of wall spill reveals in situ chevaux de frise pillars at the northwest corner (beside scale rod).
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Cutting 10, Dún Aonghasa. West section face, possible in situ chevaux de frise pillars.
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Sources of stone for the chevaux de frise, Dún Aonghasa.
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Densely set pillars in the western sector of the cheveaux de frise, Dún Aonghasa.
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