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 bracelet, possibly a child's, from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 10.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0010

Type: Image

Format: D.53mm; W.2.5mm; H.3mm

Complete. Slightly misshapen and break now on one side. Very faint traces of what may be file marks at intervals along edges. Rectangular to D-shaped in section. Fits clay mould pieces for bracelet and therefore possibly made on site. However similar bracelets known from Early Medieval contexts. Found in sod layer.

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