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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Bronze chisel or rivet/peg from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 204.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0204

Type: Image

Format: L.20mm; W.3.5mm; T.3.5mm

Incomplete. Chisel or rivet/peg fragment. Upper part of piece survives. This is square in section and slightly concave on two surfaces. The top of the object has been hammered. Tapers slightly from 4mm to 3mm. The fragment may be from a small chisel of similar size to 1038, but is lighter and less well made than the latter. Alternatively it may have been part of a peg similar to no. 2369.

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