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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Blue glass bead from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 1560 (Group 1)

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1560

Type: Image

Format: D.3mm; H.2mm

Complete; good condition. Small turquoise green glass bead.
Rectangular with rounded sides in section. Central, cylindrical
perforation with 2mm diameter. Glass is turquoise green to pale
blue in colour. Traces of wear, and chipping around perforation.
Comparanda: Mallory 1991, 22-23. Ó'Ríordáin 1949, 95, fig.19;
Ó'Ríordáin 1954, 354-358, 383, 410; Raftery 1969, 83;
Henderson 1988, 442.

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