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, [indeterminate], find no. 687.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0687

Type: Image

Format: L.26mm; W.4.5mm; T.3.5mm

Incomplete. Tapering shank fragment. Circular in section and slight 'bulge' suggests that it may have come from centre of pin shank. Tapers in diameter from 4.5mm to 3mm. Smooth worn surfaces.

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