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. 2924.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_2924

Type: Image

Formaat: L.81mm; W.24-9.5mm; T.6-5mm

Produced from wide longitudinal segment of longbone wall. Deeply curved section in upper area. Fracture surfaces in upper region appear to have been cut with knife on left side but are left rough on right. For final 30mm there appears to have been an attempt to rework piece into broad oval section. This becomes more pronounced towards point. Final part of point is broken away. Surface is quite corroded with no surface detail apparent.

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