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 needle from Dun Aonghasa, type 1: boat-shaped needle, find no. 828.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0828

Type: Image

Format: L.36mm; W.5mm; T.3.5mm

Incomplete. Tip and about one-third of shank of polished bone needle; broken near centre. The shank is roughly U-shaped in section with a groove on one surface. Tapers in width from 5mm at point of breakage to 2mm at slightly off-centre, blunt tip. Broken below where perforation may have been. Central longitudinal groove which fades out towards tip; 2mm wide by 25mm long and 1mm deep. Patches of polish along both edges of it.

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