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 2 from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 135c.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0135c

Type: Image

Format: L.30mm; W.14mm; T.9mm

Fragment with a curving groove on one face. However, the surfaces are so abraded it is not clear whether this face was part of the matrix or the lower layers of the mould. The groove has the appearance of a loop, such as the fine string loops on later basallooped spearheads, but this feature is not consistent with the other details of the spearhead. Two layers visible.

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