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. 1196.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1196

Type: Image

Format: L.72mm; D.4.5mm

Incomplete. Shank in two fragments. Circular in section and straight in profile. Tapers from 4.5mm to 3mm in diameter. At wider end, sliver of bone has been removed lengthways from underside - may be secondary reworking. Patches of polish along shank.

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