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. 1554.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_1554

Type: Image

Format: L.82mm; W.15mm; T.7mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall of large animal. Very well made piece. Retains trace of marrow cavity throughout most of length. Sides converge fairly evenly to finely rounded working end with rate of taper being more pronounced in region of working end. Fracture surfaces are left rough above working end. Final 20mm comprises working end and here bone has been worked all around into oval sectioned form, tapering to rounded section towards extreme tip. Extreme tip of original sharp point is now broken. Surface of working end is highly smoothed either due to manufacture process or from use.

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