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Quarry in Ballincurry

Quarry

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What is recorded here

A hachured area marked on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a large disused and grassed-over gravel quarry.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA007-014

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  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Hyacinth45 at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
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