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 ring from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 1524.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1524

Type: Image

Format: D.16mm; W.4mm; T.6mm

Incomplete.Two-thirds of small, hollow ring 'C'-shaped in section, made from hammered-over strip. One end is worn and rounded and other is clearly broken. Originally penannular? Laminar corrosion and bronze disease. Seems too small to have been a finger ring. Comparanda: Raftery 1983, 278, fig.147.864

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