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. 1874.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1874

Type: Image

Format: L.102.5mm; D.4.5mm

Complete. Finely-made. Undecorated pin with circular, expanded head and tapering shank. The head has a circular expanded head of 11.5mm by 10mm by 4.5mm. Rectangular with rounded sides in section, slightly curved in profile. The perforation is slightly off-centre, hour-glass in section, diameter of 2.5mm. Traces of polish around head. The shank is circular in section, tapers from 5mm in diameter below head to 1.5mm at blunt tip. Slightly curved profile. The tip is off-centre. Surfaces are smooth and worn with patches of polish.

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