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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Cryptocrystalline quartz, flint, chert or agate bead, find no. 178.

Ersteller: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_0178

Typ: Image

Format: D.12mm; T.6mm

Incomplete. Half of a stone bead (original diameter 12mm) similar to but larger than 175. Of cryptocrystalline quartz, flint or agate. The broken edges appear to have been smoothed down so the bead is crescent-shaped and has a wedge-shaped section. One surface is smooth and flat, almost as if it has been cut. The other is rounded. The bead is polished. The perforation is cylindrical but tapers slightly towards the flat surface and is 3mm in diameter

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