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. 1336.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_1336

Type: Image

Format: L.210mm; W.93mm; T.90mm

Quartz sandstone. Regular oval in shape. Single pecked facet on either end. Possibly some smoothing on one face. Probable underutilised pounder/grinder.

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