Quarry in Sheepwalk, County Galway

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What is recorded here

Map note: Quarry in Sheepwalk is a quarry around Sheepwalk, County Galway, Ireland. The map has the location of the mystery, though not all its answers.

This is a disused quarry that is defined by a hollow.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA099-171

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