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. 1268.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_1268

Type: Image

Formaat: L.43mm; W.9.5mm; T.3.5m

Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Upper part retains deep curved section which diminishes in depth through length. Sides taper fairly regularly to point with more noticeable taper in lower half. Some rounding of fracture surfaces even in upper half but bone texture is chalky. Fracture surfaces in lower half, where sides show more pronounced taper, are rounded into underside. Final 7mm are worked in the round to round sectioned point. Point is intact but its tip may be broken or damaged. Faint traces of polish survive in patches around working end and on upper rounded fracture surfaces.

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