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Home Research Western Stone Forts

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 carried out over four seasons in the period 1992 - 1995 and focussed mainly on the stone fort of Dún Aonghasa, Inis Mór, Aran Islands.

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Stone Forts

postdateiconSunday, 13 October 2002 00:00 | postauthoriconWritten by Anthony Corns | PDF | Print | E-mail
Stone forts are a common element of the archaeological remains in the west of Ireland. Most are equivalent to the earthen ringforts found throughout the country and were probably built as...

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Dún Aonghasa

postdateiconMonday, 20 May 2002 00:00 | postauthoriconWritten by Anthony Corns | PDF | Print | E-mail
The ground plan or architecture of an individual stone fort may give clues as to its date. In the case of Dún Aonghasa however theories as to its date varied widely. A programme of archaeological...

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Dún Eoghanachta

postdateiconMonday, 20 May 2002 00:00 | postauthoriconWritten by Anthony Corns | PDF | Print | E-mail
This small univallate fort stands on an inland cliff near the western end of Inis Mór. Limited archaeological excavations carried out here in 1995 suggest that the fort was built in the period 650 -...

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The Aran Islands

postdateiconMonday, 20 May 2002 00:00 | postauthoriconWritten by Anthony Corns | PDF | Print | E-mail
The Aran Islands are strategically located across the mouth of Galway Bay and geologically they are outliers of the main Burren limestone plateau. There are seven large stone forts on the islands and...

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Dúcathair

postdateiconMonday, 20 May 2002 00:00 | postauthoriconWritten by Anthony Corns | PDF | Print | E-mail
This fort is located on the high cliffs along the southern side of Inis Mór; it consisted of a promontory which was defended on the landward side by a curved terraced wall and a chevaux de frise...

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Dún Chonchúir

postdateiconMonday, 20 May 2002 00:00 | postauthoriconWritten by Anthony Corns | PDF | Print | E-mail
This spectacular fort can be seen from the sea as one approaches Inis Meáin - it lies about halfway along the island and overlooks a natural fault. The fort was defended by a massive inner wall...

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