Quarry in Kilcooley, County Galway

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What is recorded here

In undulating pastureland. The source of this record is an oblong hachured area (c. 55m E-W by 15m N-S) indicated on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map. This is named 'Quarry (disused)' on the OS 1:2500 plan (surveyed 1912-16). When inspected in 1984 all that was visible was a pit.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA007-080

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