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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Cutting 1, Dún Aonghasa. Excavation in progress 1992.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V01_FIG_07_57

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Cutting 1, Dún Aonghasa. Excavation in progress 1992. Deeper soils on the interior of the enclosing wall tail off quickly. Soils were generally dry and unconsolidated – it would be no exaggeration to say that most could have been removed by sweeping brush.

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