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. 2815.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_2815

Type: Image

Format: L.81.5mm; W.15mm; T.5mm

Produced from segment of longbone of large animal. Retains shallowly curved section in upper region. Left side tapers evenly to point. Right side tapers more irregularly. Fracture surfaces left unworked. From 25mm above point fracture edges become smoothed and rounded, merging into underside and front surface, forming a rounded cross-section which continues to taper to intact point. Rounded working end retains good surface polish with no actual file marks visible.

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