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Quarry in Kilmihil

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What is recorded here

Listed as ‘Enclosure’ in the SMR (1992) and the RMP (1996). A small subcircular feature is hachured on the 1923 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On inspection in 2002 this was found to be a natural rocky ridge that had been quarried for stone.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CL048-065

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
  • Kilmihil GAA official club history; photographer not named, kilmihilgaa.ie
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.co.uk
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
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  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
  • Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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