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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Bead, of unknown rock type, from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 1561.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1561

Type: Image

Format: D.3mm; T.1mm- 2mm.

Incomplete. Tiny circular brown polished bead, of unknown rock type, identical to 92E102:03010. In section the bead is wedgeshaped with a rounded side. The bead thins out towards an offcentre perforation, 0.5mm in diameter, which has now partly broken away.

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