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. 1314.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1314

Type: Image

Format: L.82mm; W.17.5mm; T.7mm

Produced from narrow longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Poorly worked except for working end. Natural concave-convex cross-section has been lost in splitting process. Sides converge evenly to fine, sharp point. Upper left side is slightly broken. Fracture surfaces show no secondary working in upper region. Final 40mm (i.e. tapering area) on left side and final 29mm on right side show some secondary rounding which becomes more definite nearing tip. Final ca. 10 - 15mm is worked all around to fine round sectioned point with sharp, intact, tip.

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