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 knife from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 1246.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1246

Type: Image

Format: L.32mm; W.20mm (mould); 11mm (matrix); T.5mm

Piece with tang and traces of shoulder of blade. The matrix is abraded but a central groove runs the length of the fragment. The contact faces slope from the edge of the matrix down to a slight step down on the sides of the mould. The lower part of one edge is damaged but the outturn for the shoulder of the blade can be identified on the other. Outer wrap present.

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