Quarry in Ballyveelish, County Limerick

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What is recorded here

In pasture on slight SE-facing slope, 122m N of townland boundary with Ballycahane Lower, enclosure (LI022-007----) lies 170m to NW. Identified from an examination of 1:5000 aerial photographs (BGE No. 3224; Site No. 022198) taken 03/11/1984 associated with the Bord Gáis Éireann Cork-Dublin gas pipeline. Site visited by ASI in 2000 and described as a square-shaped hollow (4m x 4m x ; D 0.2m) in the area of the site which appears to be modern. Cropmark of hollow visible on the Google Earth orthoimage taken 2006. See attached Bord Gáis Éireann aerial photo (BGE No. 3224) with site labelled 022198 and Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 14 August 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI022-151

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Crecora Manister GAA Club official website; individual aerial photographer not named, crecoramanistergaa.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.ancient-origins.net
Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
Maker not stated on source page, tr.pinterest.com
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
Maker not stated on source page, www.irishmirror.ie

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