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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Bone point from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 347.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0347

Type: Image

Format: L.56.5mm; W.21mm; T.5.5mm

Produced from wide longitudinal segment of longbone wall of large animal. Upper area retains deeply curved section, diminishing in depth towards the working end. Fracture surfaces rounded and upper sides taper evenly towards working end. At 18mm above point sides converge more sharply for short distance and then resume with a gentler taper at which point the object takes on a stoutly rounded section, continuing to taper in the round to point. Point is intact but slightly damaged. Surface is quite corroded but horizontal file marks are visible around working end.

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