Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Canon Island,River Fergus, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Canon Island,River Fergus
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67926, -9.03369
- SMR number
- CL060-039----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the E shore of Canon Island in the Fergus Estuary. Described by O’Sullivan et al. (2010) as follows: ‘On the eastern side of Canon Island, in proximity to Canon Abbey a number of stakes are located. The stakes are grouped together but don’t follow a distinct pattern. Among them are a triangular group of three stakes, and 10m or so west of this are 5 stakes very close together. There are alaso four single stakes. These stakes were likely used to hold nets or baskets to catch fish. A couple of hundred metres to the south, similar stakes have been dated to the 13th century, indicating that they may have been used by the inhabitants of Canon Abbey.’ (O’Sullivan et al. 2010, Appendix 1, 61, Canon Island 30)
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.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.