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. 2501.

Ersteller: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_2501

Typ: Image

Format: L.74mm; W.5mm; T.2.5mm

Complete. Unexpanded head and tapering shank. Head is oval in section (L.23mm; W.5mm; T.3mm). Eccentric perforation (D.4mm by 1.5mm) is pear-shaped. Indentation in back of head incorporates perforation. Evidence on one surface of vertically incised line either side of perforation. Surfaces are rough and worn. Shank is rectangular in section and curved in profile. Tapers from 5mm by 3mm at head to 1mm in diameter at blunt tip. One side is flatter, smoother and has traces of polish. Other surfaces are rough and worn.

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