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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Clay mould of axehead no. 1 from Dun Aonghasa, valve (a), find nos. 1813,1955,2147.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1813_2147_1955

Type: Image

Format: 1813: L.62mm; W.39mm; T.11mm. 1955: L.56mm; W.36mm;T.9-11mm. 2147: L.38mm;W.28mm;T.12mm.

1813:Part of neck and body to tip of blade. Matrix for loop present. Area of neck abraded but same pattern as 1955 discernible. Fits with 1955. Contact face broad, horizontal to plane of matrix, slight irregularities. 1955: Fragment of mouth, neck and upper body. Impression of mouth and neck sharp, mouth has broad rim with decoration (broad band flanked by a pair of grooves and ridges) beneath. Contact face broad, slightly abraded, originally slightly uneven. The rim would have been protruding. 2147: Fragment of blade area including cutting edge. Contact face slopes down from matrix to edge of mould. Has an inner curved edge which marks the cutting-edge.

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