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. 1743.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_1743

Type: Image

Formaat: L.102mm; W.9.5mm; T.7.5mm

Fairly well made piece. Produced from narrow longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Faint vestige of marrow cavity is still visible down the centre. Fracture surfaces have been rounded throughout entire length. The front surface has been worked into a rounded form from ca. 1/2 way down length while final 15mm is worked all round to form a round-sectioned working end with a tapered sharp point. Sides are parallel for most of length, beginning to converge towards point at ca. 30mm above tip. Extreme tip of point is intact. The pronounced anterior-posterior longitudinal curve is a feature of the raw material.

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