Quarry in Fermoyle, County Laois

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What is recorded here

This is the site of a quarry, indicated as rock outcrop. It is not depicted as an archaeological monument on first edition of the OS 6-inch map. A large sub-circular field boundary enclosing an area of rock outcrop is indicated on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA029-038

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