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 strip from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 172.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0172

Type: Image

Format: L.37.5mm; W.3mm; T.2mm

Incomplete. Narrow strip broken at both ends. Lozenge shaped in section. Bent at right angles and flattens out towards one end. Slight bronze disease and surface corrosion. Comparanda: O'Riordain 1954, 362, fig.28.9; 411; fig.43.1

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