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 button, early medieval, from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 1450.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1450

Type: Image

Format: D.22.5mm; W.15mm; T.4mm

Incomplete; ca. half of decorated, single-perforated button. Carved from an unidentifiable bone. Finely made with convex front and concave back. Flattened semi-circular in section. Front is decorated with two finely incised, circumlinear lines around outer edge and around edge of central perforation. Cylindrical perforation 4.5mm in diameter. Reverse of button is plain and, as with rest of button, is worn and smooth with traces of polish.

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