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. 1679.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_1679

Type: Image

Format: L.46mm; W.10mm; T.7.5mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall of large animal. Piece has been worked into rounded cross-section, which tapers evenly to the point. Point has been deliberately blunted by being cut off horizontally above tip. Upper area either broken post-manufacture or left rough. Surface is heavily root marked. No manufacture marks visible.

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