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. 2739.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_2739

Type: Image

Format: L.120mm; W.24-17mm; T.4mm

Very crudely produced piece composed from broad segment of longbone wall. Left side tapers fairly regularly to point while right side is irregular to 20mm above point; from here it again tapers fairly evenly. No secondary working of fracture edges visible except for final 10-12mm above point where what appears to be a couple of secondary cut marks are visible at edges. There has been little or no attempt to round these edges; slight polish displayed in this area may be due to use.

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