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. 2427.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2427

Type: Image

Format: L.84mm; W.14mm; T.8mm

Produced from narrow longitudinal segment of longbone wall of large animal. Wedge shaped in section throughout length, narrowing towards point. Retains trace of marrow cavity down centre almost to end. Laterally curved longitudinal axis. Sides taper evenly to point. Fracture surfaces left totally unworked. There is some smoothing of fracture surfaces in lower region but this appears to result from use. For final ca. 10mm the anterior and posterior surfaces appear to have been bevelled to create a sharp point perfectly intact.

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