Quarry in Kilree, County Carlow

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What is recorded here

This record was formerly classed as 'enclosure' in the SMR based on its appearance on aerial photographs (CUCAP AYL 13-15). It was subsequently test excavated prior and turned out to be a backfilled quarry pit (McLoughlin C. 2006, 9).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CW016-040002

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