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 pin from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 203.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0203

Type: Image

Format: L.59mm; D.3.5mm

Incomplete. Cup-headed? Circular head (D.5mm; H.3.5mm) formed by expansion of shank; hollow 1.5mm deep in top. Shank is in two fragments but was straight and roughly circular in section. Broadens out now from 3.5mm to 4mm towards broken end due to splitting of the metal. Surfaces have a 'whittled', unfinished appearance. Slight bronze disease. Comparanda: O'Kelly 1962, 35, fig.2.375 (possible finished example).

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