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. 794.

Criador: The Discovery Programme

Identificador: WSFP_V03_FIG_0794

Tipo: Image

Formato: L.34mm; W.24mm; T.17mm

Very abraded part of midrib and one blade wing. Faint traces of the rib/groove arrangement along the midrib. The inner skin of the outer wrap has two sharply cut parallel grooves across it; a third parallel groove is evident near the break and two additional grooves run diagonally across the long axis of the piece.

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