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. 2824.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2824

Type: Image

Format: D.1.5mm; W.10mm; T.6mm

Incomplete. Tiny quartz bead. D-shaped in section with one slightly curved surface. This surface is also slightly smoothed. The opposing surface is rough and has a shallow off-centre groove, possibly the remains of a perforation. It is possible that the bead may have been broken during manufacture.

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