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. 1141.

Ersteller: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_1141

Typ: Image

Format: L.16.5mm; W.18mm; T.9.5mm

Very abraded piece; traces of a raised line may be the bevelled edge of the blade or the beginning of the midrib. Two layers remain; the fragment is assigned to spearhead 1 on the basis of fabric type and the presence of a grey-coloured inner layer.

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