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. 1744.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1744

Type: Image

Format: L.63mm; W.6mm; T.3mm

Complete. Undecorated, finely-made pin with a plain undifferentiated head and a tapering shank. The head is rectangular with rounded sides in section. Slightly rounded top; roughly square; measures 5mm by 5mm by 2.5mm. No perforation. The shank is oval in section and curved in profile. Tapers from 5mm by 2.5mm at head to 2mm by 1mm at blunt tip. Surfaces are smooth and polished, highly so in places.

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