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. 1290.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_1290

Type: Image

Format: L.18.5mm; W.17mm; T.9mm

Abraded part of the midrib and blade wing close to the tip of the blade. A groove, 1mm wide, divides the two. The bevelled edge of the blade wing may be discernible but the surface is too abraded to be certain. Three layers visible. This fragment possibly joined to piece 1421 (featureless outer wrap fragment) at one time but the breaks are too weathered now to refit

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