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 with segmented point, find no. 2563.

Twórca: The Discovery Programme

Identyfikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_2563

Typ: Image

Format: L.102mm; W. at Hd. 14mm; D.5mm

Complete; undecorated pin with circular expanded head (D.9mm; T.3mm) and tapering shank. Head is rectangular with rounded sides in section; centrally perforated. Perforation is 2mm in diameter and is hour-glass in section. Surfaces are smooth, with polish along top of head. The shank is rectangular, with rounded sides in section and middle of shank where it becomes circular; 6mm by 3mm below head, 5mm in centre before tapering to 1.5mm at blunt tip. Surfaces are smooth and worn with patches of polish, particularly around centre of shank.

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