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. 1334.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1334

Type: Image

Format: L.92.5mm

Sheep/goat metatarsal/metacarpal which retains complete distal epiphysis and distal portion of shaft in upper part. From ca. 20mm below top, one side of shaft has been split away. Leaves a projection of bone on the other side which retains the concaveconvex section in its upper area and tapers fairly evenly through length to round-sectioned point. Fracture surfaces in upper area are left rough though there is some secondary filing on the upper left fracture surface. Fracture surfaces in the lower ca. 15mm are rounded and smoothed to merge into underside; creating a rounded cross-section in final ca. 5mm. Point is intact.

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