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 disc-headed pin from Dun Aonghasa, Pin 4, find no. 637.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0637

Type: Image

Format: L.27mm x 20mm; T.8mm; D.of boss; 4mm

Approximately half the diameter of this pinhead survives. A single outer groove encloses a blank, but steeply sloping, inner area with a central depression. This would have given a pinhead that sloped down from a central boss to an outer ridge, ca. 20mm in overall diameter. Contact face slightly convex. Outer wrap present.

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