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 ball from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 2195.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2195

Type: Image

Format: L.75mm; W.73mm; T.71mm

Sub-spherical ball of limestone. There is pecking over the ball to shape it with particular emphasis on the ends. One flattened face. A brown stain on the pecked areas may be from substances processed, or else the stain was to colour the piece.

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