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. 2297.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_2297

Type: Image

Format: L.99mm; W.17mm; T.15mm

Fairly well-made piece. Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall of large animal. Upper part is triangular in crosssection with no secondary working. Sides taper throughout length but show a greater degree of taper approaching point. Lower half becomes roughly rounded with degree of modification becoming greater nearing tip. Final ca. 10mm is worked to finely-rounded form and appears to have tapered to finely-pointed tip, which is now broken. Manufacture marks have been polished away either as part of manufacture process or through use.

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