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. 1964.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1964

Type: Image

Format: L.18mm; W.4mm; T.4mm

Incomplete. Shank and tip missing. Head appears to have been sliced deliberately at a diagonal angle in half. Top of head is flat. Rectangular with rounded side in section. Cylindrical perforation (D.3mm). Surfaces are smooth and polished.

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