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. 355.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_0355

Type: Image

Format: L.37mm; W.31mm (mould; W.25mm (max. width of matrix); T.18mm

Piece with dished surface and converging contact faces. The contact face is intact on one side only but its line is visible on the other edge. This fragment is from slightly nearer to the point than 235; the two pieces do not refit but clearly come from near adjacent parts of the mould. Both probably formed part of the opposite valve to 247. Two layers survive, but there was probably a third outer wrap.

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