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, nail-headed, find no. 1457.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1457

Type: Image

Format: L.43.5mm; D.5mm

Incomplete. Head and shank of a nail-headed pin. The head is round and flat (L.5mm; D.7mm) on top and narrow slightly to where it joins shank. Circular in cross-section with a slightly curved profile. The surface is worn with traces of polish. A small fragment is broken away at one side of head.

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