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 grinding slab from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 683.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0683

Type: Image

Format: L.230mm; W.100mm; T.70mm

Sub-rectangular slab of fine-grained sandstone. There are areas of smoothing on one face which extend out to one edge. The side contiguous to this edge is also worn flat and smooth. Some smoothing on the opposite face too.

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