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. 2200.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2200

Type: Image

Format: L.88mm; W.6.5mm; T.3.5mm

Complete. Polished needle. Shank is very finely made. Curved profile, tapers from an oval section of 6mm by 3.5mm to a circular section of 2mm diameter at blunt point at either end. Surfaces are polished but also quite worn. Central groove and perforation. Longitudinal groove in both surfaces which only extends from a maximum of 5mm beyond the perforation. Tapers to a point. Slot-type perforation is 11mm long by 2mm wide.

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