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. 2383.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_2383

Type: Image

Format: L.114mm; W.20mm; T.11mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of wall of longbone of large animal. Very well made. Retains strongly curved cross-section down most of length. Most of left fracture edge has been finely rounded and smoothed. Some effort has also been made to smoothen fracture edge on right. Sides are approximately parallel in upper part. At ca. 40mm from lower end sides converge abruptly to form a finely round sectioned and elongated working end which lies mainly to one side (i.e. tapers more strongly on right) and which continues to taper towards point. A sliver of bone has broken from left side of working end, post-manufacture but in antiquity. There was no attempt to erase this mark. Actual point is intact but appears slightly damaged from use. Upper 1/3 of object shows little secondary working and fracture edges are left mainly rough. Sides of working end show strong marks of filing which are not visible on rounded fracture surfaces above. Some transverse filing marks are visible on underside above working end.

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