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. 2214.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_2214

Type: Image

Format: L.62mm; W.9mm; T.3mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Upper part retains deep concave-convex section with parallel sides but fracture surfaces are left rough. For final 29mm on left, sides taper evenly to sharp point. This is repeated on right side for final 20mm. In this tapered area sides become finely rounded into underside and for final 8mm object is worked into roundsectioned working end which continues to taper in the round to sharp, fine, perfectly intact point.

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