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Quarry in Farm

Quarry

What is recorded here

On the crest of a small hill that slopes to the N. A small hachured area depicted on the 1930 edition of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1984 to be a disused sand and gravel pit.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA001-017

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.flickr.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.archaeological.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, allthatsinteresting.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irishamerica.com
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Darren J. Prior / Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.visitgalway.ie
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