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. 1728.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_1728

Type: Image

Formaat: L.88mm; W.16mm; T.7.5mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall of large animal. Shallow concave-convex section in upper part with no secondary working of fracture surfaces. Sides run approximately parallel in upper half, beginning to converge towards point in lower half and here sides also show secondary modification in the form of rounding off. The final 1/3 takes on finely rounded crosssection and continues to taper to point. Extreme tip of point is broken. Slight lateral curve to longitudinal axis. File marks are visible in lower area encircling round sectioned working end.

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