Quarry in Cloonruff, County Galway

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

In an area of rough grazing. A hachured feature marked on the 1926 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused gravel pit defined by a hollow. Probably of 19th/20th-century date.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA033-022

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