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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Stone pounder/grinder from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 140.

Créateur: The Discovery Programme

Identifiant: WSFP_V03_FIG_0140

Type: Image

Format: L.125mm; W.92mm; T.52mm

Granite. Flat oval in shape. On one end double ridged facets have been worked and the opposite end is pecked almost to a facet. One face is smoothed and flattened and has pecking in the centre. Some pecking too around the perimeter.

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