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. 2863 (Group 3)

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_2863

Type: Image

Formaat: D.8mm; H.6mm

Complete; poor condition. Medium-sized dark blue glass bead. Flattened spherical in section; slightly off-centre, cylindrical perforation, 4mm in diameter. At edge of perforation, on one surface, is a tiny hole of ca. 0.5mm diameter which holds small, round metallic-looking object - may possibly be a stud? One side of bead is worn thin, with a crack in glass at this point. Edges of perforation are worn and chipped. Bead is a darker shade of blue than other Dún Aonghasa glass beads. Comparanda: Ó'Ríordáin 1949. 89-90, fig.19; Raftery 1969, 83; Raftery 1981, 180; Hencken 1938, 40, fig.24.

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