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Quarry in An Poll Caoin

Quarry

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What is recorded here

A hachured feature marked on the 1945-6 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be a disused quarry. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA082-076

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  • Irimurz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Maker not stated on source page, readymap.irish
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • dougf, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Galway Advertiser; individual photographer not named, www.advertiser.ie
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