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. 2665.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_2665

Type: Image

Format: L.103mm; W.22mm; T.8mm

Produced from longitudinal segment of longbone wall of large animal. Very well made piece. Retains deeply curved section in upper part. Sides converge evenly to round sectioned and tapered working end, extreme tip of which is now broken. Fracture surfaces have been smoothed throughout their extent; from ca. 1/3 distance from top they are finely rounded and smoothed, blending into underside nearer tip. Final 10mm have been finely rounded to round sectioned point; its extreme tip broken. No manufacture marks visible - may have been either polished or worn off surface from use.

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