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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Hollow bronze ring from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 2823b.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_2823b

Type: Image

Format: D.41mm (including buffers) by 32mm; H.9mm; T.11mm

Undecorated. Unexpanded buffers 5mm long, external diam. 10mm with two sets of threads. Patched in four places, three of which are above internal casting seam. Evidence of wear around buffers; on both short sides of one buffer and lower side of opposite buffer. Inner ends of transeverse perforation are irregular oval-rectangular and show signs of corresponding wear.

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