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. 1217.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_1217

Type: Image

Format: L.82mm; W.19mm; T.10mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Retains remains of marrow cavity in upper area. Some spongy bone showing near the upper end with remains of what may be articular surface at top. Piece is irregularly shaped. Right side continues straight down with no taper while left splays out from top before converging sharply inwards to form narrow pointed working end with diamond-shaped cross-section. Fracture surfaces show no secondary working above working end. Working end is worked in the round, taking on round section as it approaches broken tip. Remains of file marks are faintly visible around working end.

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