The Western Stone Forts Project

The Western Stone Forts Project was initiated to study a distinctive group of large stone forts located along the western seaboard of Ireland. The majority of these forts are concentrated on the Aran Islands County Galway, in the Burren Co. Clare and on the Dingle and Iveragh peninsulas Co. Kerry. Excavations associated with the project were…

Cutting 9, Dún Aonghasa. Profile showing the entrance ‘cut’ in the gravels seen from inside the north entrance.

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Cutting 9, Dún Aonghasa. Profile showing the entrance ‘cut’ in the gravels seen from inside the north entrance.

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The gatehouse and castle at Rathcoffey, Co. Kildare, are set within large open fields that have been producing arable crops most years for the best part of a thousand years.

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Aerial photograph showing Danestown ringwork (north) and church (south). Faint earthworks can be made out in the fields surrounding the monuments.

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This sculpted hexagonal shaft once stood in Rathoath Church, Co. Meath, but it was moved to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Trim. It is one of the finest pieces of stone carving from medieval Ireland.

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