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. 162d.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_0162d

Type: Image

Format: L.34mm; W.31mm; T.14mm

Part of midrib and one blade wing; the wing is expanding and the midrib is contracting indicating that the piece comes from near the base of the blade. A groove with a faint rib on either side runs between the midrib and the blade wing. The blade is curved with a line defining the bevelled edge. The piece appears to join with 794a but the broken edges of each are very abraded.

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