Quarry in Cappagh, County Galway

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

An area marked on the 1946 revision of the OS 6-inch map by a series of dots proved on inspection in 1983 to be a quarry.

Photo credits

Solgrid Ireland, installer photo; individual photographer not named, www.solgrid.ie
Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
Newbert12, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons
Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.igp-web.com
Maker not stated on source page, elena-n.livejournal.com
DeeEmm, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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