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 2, lower valve, find no. 2616.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_2616

Type: Image

Format: L.32mm; W.20.5mm; T.18.5mm

Piece with more than half the width of the shank matrix surviving. The contact faces are rounded and probably sloped up from the matrix edges and back down to the sides of the mould. Outer wrap present, broken in places revealing inner wad < 10mm thick. Groove for shank: 4mm wide and 2.5mm deep.

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