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. 1806.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_1806

Type: Image

Format: L.70mm; W.8mm; T.6mm

Incomplete. Roughout. Tip missing. Rough expanded head (L.9mm; W.8mm; T.5mm). Shank is circular in section and tapering to the tip. Surface now has some patches of the original surface but also abraded and worn areas. A small incised 'x' on the lower shank may be natural.

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