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. 1508.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_1508

Type: Image

Format: L.61.5mm; W.5.5mm; T.4.5mm

Produced from narrow longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Square/oval in section with faint trace of marrow cavity down most of length. Fracture edges have been rounded, in places merging into underside. Sides in upper half are irregularly parallel but from centre they taper evenly and gently to point with a very slight swelling of shank in upper end of lower half. In lower half-sides are finely rounded to merge into underside and final 20-25mm adopts a finely rounded section and tapers in round to sharp point which is still perfectly intact. Fine file marks are visible on upper sides.

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