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. 2218.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_2218

Type: Image

Format: L.53mm; W.16mm; T.8mm

Fairly roughly-made piece. Produced from narrow longitudinal segment of longbone wall of large animal. Wedge-shaped in section in upper area with rough fracture surfaces. Sides taper fairly evenly in lower half but are approximately parallel above this. Is some secondary rounding of sides from point of taper and final 15mm adopts a rounded cross-section which continues to taper to point, tip of which is now broken. This area also shows fine surface polish although surface is somewhat corroded.

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