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Cutting 7, Dún Aonghasa. The north entrance in Wall 4 after excavation showing the bedrock in the passageway and the boulder clay (F705) on the exterior.
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Cutting 7, Dún Aonghasa.The paved passage of the north entrance in Wall 4 from the interior.
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Cutting 7, Dún Aonghasa. Plan and sectional elevation of the north entrance in Wall 4. The plan shows the surface contemporary with the use of the doorway.
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Interior elevation of the north entrance in 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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Internal face of eastern sector of Wall 4, Dún Aonghasa.
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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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Cutting 16, Dún Aonghasa. Large blocks making up the inner face of Wall 4. Looking northeast.
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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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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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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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Wall 4 south of the modern entrance showing drop on the exterior, Dún Aonghasa.
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Axis of movement through the Late Bronze Age hillfort at Dún Aonghasa.
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Gravel exposed by rabbit burrowing in Valley 1, 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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Quarried hollows on the upper plateau, Dún Aonghasa.
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Plan of fort showing excavated cuttings at Dún Aonghasa.
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Inner enclosure, Dún Aonghasa, cutting 1: location points for radiocarbon samples.
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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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House (Structure 9) located near the present cliff-edge in the Inner Enclosure, Dún Aonghasa.
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