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. 2197.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2197

Type: Image

Format: L.40mm; D.5mm (2 conjoined) L.23mm; D.4mm

Incomplete. Three shank fragments, only two of which are conjoining. Roughly circular in section. Tapering. Surfaces are abraded and worn. One fragment preserves a smooth polished strip on it.

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