Quarry in Ballynasooragh Eighter, County Galway

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What is recorded here

A hachured feature marked on the 1932 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be a hollow, possibly a disused gravel pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA060-011

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