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. 976.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0976

Type: Image

Format: L.73mm; W.12mm; T.5mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Shallow curved section in upper area, fading out just below midline. Fracture surfaces left unworked in upper area where sides also run parallel. From approximate midline sides taper to point; in this area fracture surfaces show some rounding, becomes more definite for final 17mm on left and for final 12mm on right. This final part of working end has fine oval/square section and continues to taper on all faces to sharp point which is still intact.

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