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 pin from Dun Aonghasa, type 1 [plain] find no. 1300.

Twórca: The Discovery Programme

Identyfikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_1300

Typ: Image

Format: L.73mm; W.6mm; T.5mm

Complete. Plain undecorated-headed pin. The head is undifferentiated from shank. Slightly rounded top; rectangular with rounded sides in section. It measures 4mm by 6mm by 4mm. No perforation. The shank is rectangular in section. Indents slightly about halfway down shank and tapers to a blunt but wellmade point 2mm in diameter, from lower part of shank. Surfaces are smooth with patches of polish.

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