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. 2418.

Maker: The Discovery Programme

Verwijzing: WSFP_V03_FIG_2418

Type: Image

Formaat: L.59mm; W.5mm; T.4mm

Incomplete. Tip and lower shank fragment. Rectangular with rounded sides in section and straight profile. Curves slightly and tapers from 5mm by 4mm to 1.5mm by 1mm at blunt tip. Surfaces are worn, slightly traces of polish around tip. From finely-made pin.

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