Quarry in Bannagagole, County Carlow

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What is recorded here

Listed in the RMP (1995) as 'Potential site - map' based on depiction on the 1908 ed. of OS 6-inch map. Area densely overgrown when inspected in 1987 by ASI. Shown as and marked 'Quarry (Disused)' on the 25 inch OS 6-inch map.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW015-002

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