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. 1727.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1727

Type: Image

Format: L.70mm; W.6.5mm; T.5mm

Complete. Crudely-made pin with expanded head and tapering shank. The head is expanded from shank on one side. Flat-topped and roughly squared off. Rectangular with rounded sides in section; measures 12mm by 10mm by 4mm. Perforation is of hour-glass type and is slightly off-centre. It has a diameter of 2.5mm. There is polish along the top of the head and around the perforation. The shank is irregularly shaped, roughly circular in section; tapers from 7mm by 5mm below head to a diameter of 2mm, to blunt tip. Surfaces are rough and worn-weathered.

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