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. 2233.

Criador: The Discovery Programme

Identificador: WSFP_V03_FIG_2233

Tipo: Image

Formato: L.125mm; W.23mm; T.17mm

Incomplete; perforated, broken handle. Well-made. Tubular with a hollow centre. Oval-sectioned, curves slightly in profile. Three perforations, 6mm - 7mm in diameter, in one surface, and two remaining in the other. Surfaces are worn and smooth; traces of polish along surfaces and around top. Unclear what it may have been a handle for.

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