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. 2314.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2314

Type: Image

Format: L.53mm; W.16mm; T.6.5mm

Produced from wide longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Upper part of object is almost rectangular shaped in section with little trace of marrow cavity. Right side tapers evenly, with a slight outward curve in upper half to point. Left side appears to have been same but its upper area is now broken, possibly postmanufacture. Fracture surfaces are finely rounded and smoothed. For final 16mm object tapers more sharply to point and for final 5mm object is worked into a round section shape. Tip of point is now broken.

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