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 sword from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 194.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0194

Type: Image

Format: L.26mm; W.42mm (matrix 25mm); T.12mm

Fragment with longitudinal central crack. Both contact faces survive but are abraded. These indicate that the blade was narrowing at this point, either towards the butt or the point. The outer skin(s) of the outer wrap have partly eroded away revealing a crisply outlined groove made by a binding thong. The mould was therefore bound before the full outer wrap was applied.

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