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, annular-headed, find no. 1231.

Ersteller: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_1231

Typ: Image

Format: L.73mm; D.4.5mm

Complete. Undecorated pin with expanded head in two pieces. Circular expanded head of 10mm x 9mm by 2.5mm. Rectangular with rounded sides in section. Perforation is slightly eccentric, hour-glass in form of 3.5mm in diameter. Polish along top of head. The shank is flattened, oval in section just below head, becoming more rounded to circular-sectioned towards middle of shank. Straight in profile. Length is 63mm. Tapers from 5mm by 3mm below head to diameter of 5mm in centre and of 2mm at tip. Tip is still quite pointed. Polish along shank.

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