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Quarry in Coolaran

Quarry

What is recorded here

A hachured feature marked on the 1934 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1983 to be a disused quarry 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 GA070-044

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  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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  • Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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