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 5, find no. 811.

Criador: The Discovery Programme

Identificador: WSFP_V03_FIG_0811

Tipo: Image

Formato: L.18mm; W.12mm; T.7mm

This piece is distorted as if it had been burnt after discard. Classification as a pinhead is based on the triangular profile of the mould and the presence of a small central depression that may have been for a boss. Outer layer survives and the underside comes to a point along the central axis.

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