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. 843.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0843

Type: Image

Format: L.49mm; W.6mm; T.4mm,

Incomplete. About half of shank and tip of bone needle. Shank is oval in section with slightly curved profile. Tapers from 7mm by 4mm to 1mm diameter at sharp tip. Broken across central slottype perforation. Surfaces are rough and uneven, though needle is quite well-made and has traces of polish along the shank. Longitudinal groove on both surfaces. On one side it tapers and fades out from central perforation to point (14mm long by 3mm to 1mm wide). Groove in other surface is more pronounced but also tapers out to point (17mm long by 3mm to 1mm wide). Perforation is 3mm wide and 5mm long; the needle is broken at this point

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