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Quarry in Claremount, County Galway (GA054-021----)

Quarry

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Official monument number
GA054-021----
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What is recorded here

Marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map as a sand or gravel pit and on the 1898-9 resurvey as a hachured feature. Not visited. 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 GA054-021

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Photo credits
  • andrew mcmillan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, uk.pinterest.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maigheach-gheal, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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