Quarry in Ahaga, County Clare

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What is recorded here

Listed as ‘Earthwork’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A small hachured feature (diam. c. 5m) is visible only on the 1923 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On inspection in November 2000 there was no trace of any archaeological feature. It may have been a small quarry.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL058-063

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