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 6, find no. 1377.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_1377

Type: Image

Format: L.20mm; W.19mm; T.17.5mm

This piece is also very abraded but a tiny (3mm in diameter by 1mm deep) central depression remains. The original contact faces have disappeared; the remainder of surface is eroded and the outer wrap does not survive. The piece is triangular in profile, similar to 811 above.

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