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…

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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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 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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Taghadoe Church and round tower, Co. Kildare, 2009. This church was erected with a grant from the Board of First Fruits in 1831.

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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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