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Quarry in Sonnagh

Quarry

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What is recorded here

A roughly circular area indicated by dots on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a disused overgrown roughly rectangular quarried area of no archaeological significance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA007-117

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.echolive.ie
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  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
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