Quarry

Historic quarry located 130m ESE of Mallahow House.  Roughly semi-circular-shaped quarry (approx. dims. 80m N-S x 60m E-W)  second quarry (DU004-109----) 215m to the NW depicted on the 1837 ed. OSi six-inch map.  On the 1837 ed OSi six-inch map the crescent shaped quarry is accessed from a roadway on the S leading off the public road 45m to the S.  Annotated ‘Quarry (Disused)’ on the OSi 25-inch map.  Depicted as a hachured area on the last edition of the OSi six-inch map.  Visible as a grove of trees on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage. Annotated ‘quarry’ on Rocque's 1760 map of County Dublin. Both quarries in the townland of Mallahow are depicted at these locations on Rocque's 1760 Map of County Dublin.   Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien