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 handle from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 1306.

Criador: The Discovery Programme

Identificador: WSFP_V03_FIG_1306

Tipo: Image

Formato: L.46mm; D.11mm; T.10.5mm

Incomplete; small, hollow handle broken at both ends. Fine, ovalsectioned. Central hollow of 4.5mm diameter. Very smooth, worn surfaces with faint traces of polish. Unclear what it may have been a handle for.

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