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. 247.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0247

Type: Image

Format: L.39mm; W.35mm (mould), W.25mm- 13mm (matrix); T.10mm

Matrix with dished surface and converging contact faces. This piece is from quite close to the point of the sword. Both contact faces look as though they may have been horizontal. The fragment is abraded; one layer of the outer wrap remains but there may have been additional skins.

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