Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
River Shannon,bunratty West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- River Shannon,bunratty West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.68913, -8.81339
- SMR number
- CL062-031003-
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 W bank of the River Owenagarney channel in the Shannon Estuary, c. 60m NNE of Little Quay Island. Described by O’Sullivan (2001, 298) as a possibly medieval ‘post alignment (Bunratty 3.1) and two woven baskets (Bunratty 3A and 3B) in sloping estuarine clays at LWM. The post alignment is oriented E-W, c. 5.6m long, and leads to the baskets. Bunratty 3A is U-shaped, oriented WNW, and 1.2m long. Bunratty 3B is funnel-shaped, oriented WNW and 2.8m long. February 1997.’ (O’Sullivan 2001, 157-9, 298, Bunratty 3)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 5 June 2019
References
O'Sullivan, A. 2001 Foragers, farmers and fishers in a coastal landscape. Discovery Programme Monograph No. 5
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