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. 1412.

Ersteller: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_1412

Typ: Image

Format: L.45mm; W.4.5mm; T.3.5mm

Complete. Rounded unexpanded head (L.8.5mm; W.7.5mm; T.2.5mm). Rectangular with rounded sides in section. Eccentric perforation of hour-glass shape (D.3.5mm). Shank of flattened circular section and straight in profile. Fine and tapering from 5mm by 3.5mm below head to 2mm in diameter at blunt tip. Traces of polish around tip but otherwise surfaces are worn and rough.

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