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. 1124.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_1124

Type: Image

Format: L.32mm; W.10-2mm; T.5mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Sides taper evenly to point. Fracture surfaces are rounded and smoothed, merging into underside. Upper area is almost wedgeshaped in section. Trace of marrow cavity fades out at 18mm above point and object adopts oval cross-section, tapering to round section nearing point. Final 6mm is worked in the round to intact point. Rounded fracture surfaces and final few mm of point bear fine surface sheen. Top may be broken post-manufacture.

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