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. 1775.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_1775

Type: Image

Formaat: L.59mm; W.4.5mm; T.3mm

Complete. Fine, undecorated pin with a plain, undifferentiated head and tapering shank. The head is plain, flat-topped, rectangular in section and measuring 5mm by 4.5mm by 2.5mm. No perforation. Traces of polish. The shank is flattened oval in section, 4mm by 2.5mm; straight in profile. The lower part of shank widens slightly to 4.5mm by 3mm before curving slightly and tapering to blunt point of 2mm in diameter. Surfaces are smooth and polished.

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