Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
River Fergus, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- River Fergus
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.74454, -8.99614
- SMR number
- CL050-079----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in the middle of the tidal Fergus Estuary, N of the archipelago of islands. Described by O’Sullivan et al. (2010) as follows: ‘Boarland Rock 5 is a V-shaped weir. The two lines of fences are c. 15m long and meet to form a S-SE orientated funnel. The fences are more complete than Boarland rock 3 and 4 and in some parts two rows are visible. No horizontals are evident. A sample of wood from the weir has produced a calibrated radiocarbon date of AD 1222-1277 (769 +/- 23 BP).’ (O’Sullivan 2010, Appendix 1, 38, Boarland Rock 5)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 October 2019
References
O'Sullivan, A., Dillon, M., Sands, R., McDermott, C., Shaw, R., Devlin, G. 2010 The Fergus Estuary and Islands: discovering a maritime historic landscape in Co. Clare. Report to the Heritage Council. University College Dublin, School of Archaeology in association with the Discovery Programme.
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