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…


Stone axe from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 2167

Criador: The Discovery Programme

Identificador: WSFP_V03_FIG_2167

Tipo: Image

Formato: L.36mm; W.27mm; T.11mm


Possible fragment of shale axehead, either of butt or junction of side and badly damaged edge. However, could be a fragment of a number of artefact types. Roughly triangular in shape, more consistent with being fragment of side of axe and edge. If so both faces ground, side round, edge very heavily chipped and damaged.


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The Discovery Programme, “Stone axe from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 2167,” acedido 16 de Janeiro de 2025, http://discoveryprogrammeimages.locloudhosting.net/items/show/2813.

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