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Quarry in Curraghrevagh, County Galway (GA019-026----)

Quarry

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Official monument number
GA019-026----
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What is recorded here

In undulating pastureland. A hachured area marked on the 1931 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused gravel pit marked by a hollow. Probably of 19th/20th century date.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA019-026

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