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Quarry in Cloonkeen Eighter

Quarry

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What is recorded here

On the S slope of a low hill in undulating pastureland. A hachured area marked on the 1931 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be a depression resulting from quarrying operations.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA031-020

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • Mountbellew Golf Club; photographer not stated, Mountbellew Golf Club
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