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. 2130.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2130

Type: Image

Format: L.91mm; W.21.5mm; T.8mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of wall of longbone of large animal. Retains trace of marrow cavity down centre. Sides taper to narrow point. Well made with secondary working down left side where fracture edge has been lightly smoothed and rounded. Final 25mm of right side has been smoothed and rounded and final 14mm of piece has been carefully-worked to finely rounded and sharply tapered point. Extreme tip of point broken. Remains of file marks encircling the working end are visible.

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