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. 2261.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2261

Type: Image

Format: D.35.5mm; T.2mm

Complete; circular disc/ button with two perforations. Probably carved from a scapula of a large mammal. Flat disc of bone with two off-centre perforations; one is circular, diameter of 3mm. The second is roughly rectangular and is 5mm long by 3.5mm wide. The disc is very slightly curved in profile, and has very worn surfaces. It thins slightly, to 1.5mm, towards edge in some places. Possibly some sort of weaving tablet.

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