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, crutch-headed, find no. 39.

Criador: The Discovery Programme

Identificador: WSFP_V03_FIG_0039

Tipo: Image

Formato: L.52mm; W.5.5mm; T.3.5mm

Complete. In two fragments. Nail-headed pin. Head is flat-topped and circular in section (4.5mm by 5.5mm). On one side it is in line with the pin, elsewhere it overhangs shank. A slight indentation below head, but shank then expands slightly and maintains that thickness until it tapers to a blunt tip (D.2mm). The shank is circular in section and straight in profile. Polished pin.

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