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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Perforated slab from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 6.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_0006

Type: Image

Format: L.180mm; W.170mm; T.25mm

Limestone slab, abraded, trapezoidal in plan. A perforation has been made off-centre and a semi-circular groove is aligned with the hole on the narrow edge. Probably some sort of weight. Hole 28mm x 16mm; groove 28mm; 18mm.

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