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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Central area of Cutting 1, Dún Aonghasa, after removal (and bagging up) of the fine wind-blown soils in 1992.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V01_FIG_07_55

Type: Image

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Central area of Cutting 1 after removal (and bagging up) of the fine wind-blown soils in 1992. Adjacent to the eastern balk (at top of picture) only a thin sod covered the bedrock. The remains of Structure 2 (centre of picture) and the pathway leading up to it also lay under a shallow cover of soils. Looking northeast.

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