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
- 52.67964, -9.03390
- SMR number
- CL060-040----
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
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, approx.. 35m north of Canon Island 30 (stakes) are two stakes. These are more substantial than the stakes at Canon Island 30.’ (O’Sullivan et al. 2010, Appendix 1, 61, Canon Island 32)
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
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.