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Quarry in Freaghavaleen

Quarry

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Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). Named on the OS 25-inch map (1895) as ‘Clay pit (disused)’ and indicated as a pit on the 1918 OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 1998 this was verified as a disused gravel pit.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL022-009

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