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. 1753.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1753

Type: Image

Format: L.58mm x 46.5mm; W.7mm; T.4mm

Incomplete. Two shank fragments. Shank is oval in section with slightly curved profile. Tapers from 7mm by 3.5mm in the centre to 1mm in diameter at the blunt point at each end. Surfaces are smooth, with traces of polish along the shank. There is a central groove and perforation. Short groove in both surfaces, 13mm and 18mm long respectively, which taper from 2mm wide to a point. Grooves are carved diagonally across the shank. Faint grooves in the other piece of the needle. The central, slot-like, perforation has a diameter of 2mm and is 5.5mm long; the needle is broken across it.

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