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. 2278.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_2278

Type: Image

Format: L.43mm; W.7mm; T.3.5mm

Very finely-worked piece Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Originally retained deeply curved section in upper area, diminishing towards point, but right upper side is broken post manufacture. Left side tapers evenly to point as does remaining right side. Fracture surfaces on left are rounded, merging with underside in continuous curve from mid-length. Remaining right side also merges into underside. Final 9mm adopts a finely-rounded cross-section which continues to taper in round to sharp point, extreme tip of which is now broken. Surface is extensively root-marked. Lower area, especially working end, displays a fine surface polish.

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