Quarry in Spring Gardens, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as an oval quarry (dims. c. 20m E-W; c. 15m N-S), and situated on a level landscape. Known locally to have been a quarry, it is now occupied by sheds, yards and silage pits.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO032-043

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