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 pin shank from Dun Aonghasa, Group 1, upper valve, find no. 2658.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2658

Type: Image

Format: L.38mm; W.23mm; T.14mm

This piece is discoloured in a similar manner to 2645 and may also have been burnt. Triangular in cross-section. The fragment widens slightly from one end to the other, but it is difficult to say by how much as the sides are abraded. The profile also becomes rounded. These two factors distinguish it from the rest of the upper valve pieces. However, the fact that, like the latter, the flat, narrow contact faces are higher on one side than one the other makes it more likely that this was also part of the upper valve. No outer wrap survives. Impressions of a binding strip occur on the back but are damaged. Groove for shank: 4mm wide and 1mm deep.

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