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…


Bronze ring from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 544.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0544

Type: Image

Format: D.21.5mm; H.3mm; T.4mm


Complete. Ring, flattened oval in section, small and well-made with casting seam surviving on inner edge. Thickness of the ring has worn down along one side. Cross-section suggests it was not a finger ring and it may have been a loop attachment, link etc.


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The Discovery Programme, “Bronze ring from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 544.,” accessed January 16, 2025, http://discoveryprogrammeimages.locloudhosting.net/items/show/1938.

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