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Quarry in Ballyformoyle

Quarry

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1914 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as an oval feature (dims. c. 30m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW), and situated on a shelf at the bottom of the N-facing slope of Ballyfermoyle Hill. This is a sand quarry, disused since the 1940s.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO004-038

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  • Ellie Berry / Tough Soles, Tough Soles
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.thejournal.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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