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 pendant from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 2238.

Fotograf: The Discovery Programme

Identifikator: WSFP_V03_FIG_2238

Type: Image

Format: L.46mm; W.18.5mm; T.10mm

Incomplete; pendant in two halves made from a pig's tusk. Rectangular in section; tapers from 18mm to 8mm in width, at rounded point. Semi-circular open perforation in top - appears to be complete - it has finished edges. Grooves in both sides of pendant just below top, which measures 7mm and 10mm long respectively. Is split longitudinally in half. Pendant is polished.

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