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. 229a.

Criador: The Discovery Programme

Identificador: WSFP_V03_FIG_0229a

Tipo: Image

Formato: L.37mm; W.20mm; T.14mm

Two fragments that join to form what appears to be part of a socket with a step at the junction of the matrix and the contact face. The remainder of the contact face has broken away; the piece is from the area of the socket that had a raised band along the side. Two layers of clay visible.

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