Quarry in Racepark, County Galway

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What is recorded here

In pastureland. According to local information, a hachured feature shown on the 1920 edition of the OS 6-inch map was a sand pit. As it is of post-AD 1700 date it does not come within the remit of the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA042-214

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