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Quarry in Raheen Eighter

Quarry

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What is recorded here

A hachured feature marked on the 1929 revision of the OS 6-inch map proved on inspection in 1982 to be a gravel quarry. 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 GA105-173

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