Quarry in Burrenfadda, County Clare

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What is recorded here

Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A small hachured feature is indicated on the 1897 OS 6-inch map and is hachured and named ‘Quarry’ on the OS 25-inch map. On inspection in 2000 no evidence of any earlier features were found.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL049-034

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