Quarry RO041-053---- in Knockadangan

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What is recorded here

Marked only on the 1928 ed. of the OS 6-inch map as a small feature (diam. c. 5m), and situated towards the bottom of the W-facing slope of a hill. This is a patch of nettles in an area that is not reclaimed. It may have been a quarry hole.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO041-053

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RosCamán, Roscommon official hurling development committee; individual aerial photographer not stated, roscaman.ie
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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St Ciaran’s Ladies Gaelic Football Club / Roscommon Herald; photographer not named, www.roscommonherald.ie
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