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.779.

Аутор: The Discovery Programme

Идентификатор извора: WSFP_V03_FIG_0779

Врста извора: Image

Формат: L.37mm; W.7mm; T.5mm

Fairly well-made piece. Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Sides are approximately parallel before tapering for final ca. 17mm on left and final 15mm on right, to point. Fracture edges appear to have been rounded, most noticeably on left, though upper left side is broken. Final 10mm adopts more rounded cross-section continuing to taper in the round to point. Point is perfectly intact. Trace of marrow cavity continues down most of front surface. Some longitudinal facets from longitudinal knife cuts are visible around lower end.

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