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. 2 from Dun Aonghasa, valve (a), find nos. 717, 915, 1458.

Ersteller: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_717_915_1458

Typ: Image

Format: 717: L.20mm; W.23mm; T.9mm. 915:L.45mm; W.45mm (overall);W.22mm (matrix); T.13mm. 1458: L.31mm; W.35mm; T.7mm.

717: Small fragment of mid-section of body, no features, surface slightly dished. Outer wrap present. 915: Part of neck, body and blade tip, mouth missing. Decoration at neck now consists of two grooves with two narrow ridges flanking them and a third separating them. The upper part of the neck may have been further decorated, possibly in a pattern similar to axehead No.1. The surviving contact face is broad, generally flat and roughly horizontal to the matrix; there are some irregularities and a slight raised lip at one edge indicates that this was probably an upper valve piece. No outer wrap present. 1458: Part of blade area and cutting edge. Contact face intact, except for one corner. The cutting edge is formed by the raised curved edge of the contact face, which slopes down to the edge of the mould. A small abraded piece of the outer wrap survives. Joins with pieces 915 and 717.

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