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 axe from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 2322

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2322

Type: Image

Format: L.120mm; W.53mm; T.18mm; Wt. 147g

Shale axe/adze, partially ground. Left side straightish, naturally flattened. Right side concave, naturally flat. Junctions with blade. Edge blunt, may be reground, face 2. Faces, unworked bedding planes apart from slight grinding face 1. Grinding on face 1 blade is very coarse/heavy. Butt more oblique in plan than rounded. This is a cobble worked at the blade end. Profile is asymmetrical; thin, cross-section is sub-rectangular. Irish Stone Axe Project: 20041.

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