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 artefact, possibly a rod, from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 660.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_0660

Type: Image

Format: L.32mm; D.3mm

Incomplete. Narrow bent fragment, oval in section and slightly curved to form an irregular 'S' shape. One end is broken. The other end is blunt - may be original or broken and reworked. Slight bronze disease and surface corrosion. Comparanda: Raftery 1983, 281; fig.154.872. O'Kelly, 1963, 41, fig.3.343.

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