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 2, find no. 1146.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_1146

Type: Image

Formaat: L.57mm; W.5mm; T.3mm

Incomplete. Head missing. Broken just below perforation. Shank tapers from rectangular section of 5mm by 2.5mm to circular section of 2mm diameter at blunt tip. Slightly curved profile. Slight groove in one surface. Surfaces are worn with traces of polish around tip. Slight longitudinal groove, 24.5mm long by 2mm wide, which tapers and fades out towards the point.

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