Quarry in Kellysgrove, County Galway

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What is recorded here

On the S face of a hillock. Two hachured features marked on the 1945-6 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1985 to be two partially infilled, grass-covered hollows quarry pits. As they are of post-AD 1700 date they do not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA087-120

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