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. 2484.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2484

Type: Image

Format: L.80mm; W.6mm; T.4mm

Incomplete. Upper part of head missing. Unexpanded head and tapering shank. Flattened oval in section (L.5mm; W.7mm; T.3.5mm). Broken across cylindrical perforation (D.3mm). Shank is circular with rounded sides in section and curved in profile. Tapers from 5mm by 3.5mm below head to 2mm in diameter at blunt tip. Surfaces are smooth and highly polished.

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