Quarry in Ballintava, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On the N facing slope of a hill. A hachured area depicted on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a large disused quarry overgrown with gorse and bushes.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA005-010

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