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. 3033.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_3033

Type: Image

Format: L.86mm

Produced from sheep/goat metatarsal. The proximal epiphyses is retained in upper part. At 20mm below top shaft of longbone has been broken away leaving a narrow segment projecting for a further ca. 67mm. This segment is curved in section with parallel sides; fracture surfaces appear to be cut instead of broken and are, therefore, quite smooth. From 13mm above point on left and 17mm on right, sides taper to form a sharp point. Some rounding of fracture surfaces is visible above taper, especially on left. At 9mm from point, a finely rounded section is assumed. Point is intact. Both knife cut marks and file marks are visible on tapered edges. File marks are also visible on underside in this area and on final few mm of point.

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