Quarry in Ballyphilip, County Offaly

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What is recorded here

No surface remains visible. Depicted as a semi-circular shaped face of a small quarry associated with a lime-kiln located immediately to the E on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map. This was a small quarry of post-1700 date associated with the adjoining lime-kiln as depicted on the 1838 ed. OS 6-inch map.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record OF043-034

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