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. 2108.

Twórca: The Discovery Programme

Identyfikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_2108

Typ: Image

Format: L.71.5mm; W.4.5mm; T.3mm

Complete. Unexpanded head and tapering shank. Head is squareshaped (L.6mm; W.6mm; T.2mm) with rounded top. Rectangular with rounded sides in section. Perforation is hour-glass shaped (D.2mm). Shank of rectangular with rounded sides section and curved in profile. Tapers from 5mm by 2mm below head, to 2mm by 1mm at blunt tip. Slight groove in one surface from 9mm below perforation (L.36.5mm long by 1mm wide). Slight groove or incision above tip may be natural. Surfaces are worn and smooth with patches of polish, particularly on upper part of shank.

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