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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Axe-related artefact from Dun Aonghasa, find no. 2599.

Creator: The Discovery Programme

Identifier: WSFP_V03_FIG_2599

Type: Image

Format: L.103mm; W.72mm; T.11mm

Triangular shaped shale flake, broader part of face 1 (dorsal) surface is smooth (ground?). Left side shows evidence of flaking, re-working after the flake was produced. May have been detached from an axe but more likely to have been a spall or flake from a shale cobble with a naturally smooth/ ground surface, such as a beach cobble.

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