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 spearhead type 1 from Dun Aonghasa, valve (a), find no. 1386a.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1386a

Type: Image

Format: L.32.5mm; W.33mm; T.17mm

Part of midrib and one blade wing from close to the point of the spearhead. A raised contact face survives along the edge of the wing. Three or possibly four layers of clay can be distinguished in cross-section.

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