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. 2991.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2991

Type: Image

Format: L.40.5mm; W.5-2mm; T.4-2mm

Incomplete. Tip and fine shank fragment. Oval in section, tapering to circular-section sharp tip. Tapers from 5mm by 4mm to 2mm in diameter. Surfaces are polished, particularly around tip.

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