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 gate mould from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 874.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_0874

Type: Image

Formaat: L.39mm; W.38mm; T.22mm

Only a very small piece of the rim remains; the base is also incomplete. This is the largest of the surviving gate moulds. It was formed of two parts, an inner solid plug of coarse clay and an outer wrap moulded around it to form the rim.

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