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.564.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_0564

Type: Image

Format: L.45mm; D.2mm

Incomplete. Nail-headed pin. Finely made with head formed by a slight expansion of shank (D.3mm). Top is oval in shape and flat. The shank is smooth, circular to oval in section and straight in profile. It tapers from 3mm to 2mm wide at the point of breakage.

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