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. 2435.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_2435

Type: Image

Formaat: L.45mm; W.8.5mm; T.5mm

Cut from longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Sides run parallel until final 17mm when they taper abruptly to point. Fracture surfaces of parallel sides are mainly unworked - there has been some rounding off of lower right fracture surface. Upper part is vaguely right angled in section due to manner in which it has been split from bone. This diminishes throughout length, especially from place of taper where section becomes more oval. Final 10mm takes on oval cross-section and continues to taper to point, extreme tip of which is broken.

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