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. 3 from Dun Aonghasa, valve (a), find nos. 599, 633.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_633_599

Type: Image

Format: L.81mm; W.54mm; T.15mm

Fragment join up giving the almost complete valve of an axehead. The mouth is incomplete and one blade-tip is missing. The contact faces are horizontal to the axis of the mould and are now irregular. Surface abraded and very rough; the outer wrap is coarse and incomplete. Marks of a binding strip are visible on the upper portion of 663.

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