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Quarry GA097-035---- in Caherhenryhoe

Quarry

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Official monument number
GA097-035----
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What is recorded here

Marked as a sand pit on the 1933 edition of the OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 1984 it was found that it was being used as a silage 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 GA097-035

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