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 1b, find no. 1069.

Twórca: The Discovery Programme

Identyfikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_1069

Typ: Image

Format: L.98.5mm; W.6.5mm; T.4mm

Complete; finely-made, tapering needle with perforation and groove. The head is rounded and undifferentiated from rest of needle. Oval in section. Groove on outer surface continues to top of head. The shank is rectangular in section; curved in profile. Tapers from 7mm by 3.5mm to 2mm in diameter at blunt tip. Oval-shaped, slightly off-centre perforation, 4.5mm long by 1.5mm wide located just below head. Groove either side of perforation in both surfaces. Surfaces are very worn but there are faint traces of polish along sides. Groove in one surface it starts just below head, above perforation, widens to take in perforation, and then gradually fades out above tip; 2mm wide, and 54mm long. Groove in other surface is 15.5mm long and is diagonal across shank, taking in the slot-like perforation.

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