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. 1953.

Criador: The Discovery Programme

Identificador: WSFP_V03_FIG_1953

Tipo: Image

Formato: L.62mm; W.14mm; T.10mm

Sheep/goat metacarpal/metatarsal which retains full circumference of shaft for final ca. 35mm at distal end of bone. Distal articulation appears to have been broken off. At ca. 35mm below top, shaft has been cut obliquely from one side as far as opposite wall leaving only a thin projection of bone. Projection has been worked in the round to form finely shaped oval sectioned working end which tapers evenly to sharp point, becoming more rounded in section in lower half. Working end is very finely-worked. Point is intact but extreme tip seems broken.

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