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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Quartz bead from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 1839.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1839

Type: Image

Format: L.13mm; D.14.5mm

Complete. Cylindrical bead made from brown quartz siltstone. Smooth polished surfaces. One surface is slightly rounded and in section the object is square with rounded sides. There is an attempt at a perforation; this is 3mm in diameter and very much “off-centre”. It is possible that this bead is a reworked bracelet fragment.

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