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…

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The remains of the chevaux de frise outside the north entrance in Wall 2a, Dún Aonghasa.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V01_FIG_06_137

Type: Image

Formaat: jpeg

The remains of the chevaux de frise outside the north entrance in Wall 2a. The ‘clear’ line that shows up in aerial photographs (e.g. in Figure 6.133) and represented here by the stones in the foreground does not mark the inner edge of the chevaux de frise.

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