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. 1352

Criador: The Discovery Programme

Identificador: WSFP_V03_FIG_1352

Tipo: Image

Formato: L.64mm; W.4mm; T.3.5mm

Complete. Plain, undecorated, polished well-made pin. The head is undifferentiated from shank, slightly rounded top, and is rectangular with rounded sides in section. It measures 4mm wide by 3mm thick. No perforation. The shank is rectangular to circular in section, tapers from 4mm by 3.5mm to a 2mm diameter at blunt tip. Slightly curved in profile. Smooth, polished surfaces.

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