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. 2741.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_2741

Type: Image

Formaat: L.69.5mm; W.11mm; T.5mm

Cut from longitudinal segment of longbone of large animal. Upper sides are irregularly parallel while lower half tapers evenly and symmetrically to point. Wedge shaped section in upper half becomes rectangular in lower half. Bone surface is very corroded, making it difficult to say whether upper fracture surfaces have secondary working or not. Fracture surfaces on lower tapered part are slightly rounded. Point is intact. Lower fracture surfaces have slight shine but no clear manufacture marks.

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