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. 1233.

Аутор: The Discovery Programme

Идентификатор извора: WSFP_V03_FIG_1233

Врста извора: Image

Формат: L.93mm; W.16mm; T.16mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Retains shallow curved section down most of length. Sides are parallel in upper region but begin to taper towards point in the lower ca. 1/3 of length. Fracture surfaces are left rough but secondary working of edges, in form of rounding and smoothing, has been applied from point of taper on left side. On right side secondary working is only present for final ca. 15mm and from here working end is worked into an oval cross-section. Point is intact but slightly damaged. No trace is filing visible though lower 15mm has good surface polish.

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