Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Green Island (bunratty Lower By.),river Shannon, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Green Island (bunratty Lower By.),river Shannon
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67910, -8.80535
- SMR number
- CL062-046----
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 bank of the Owenagarney River adjacent to Green Island. Described by O’Sullivan (2001, 304) as a post-medieval ‘post alignment, oriented NE-SW, 16m long, in estuarine clays at LWM, SW of Green Island. February 1997.' (O'Sullivan 2001, 198-200, 304, Green Island 1)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 21 August 2019
References
O'Sullivan, A. 2001 Foragers, farmers and fishers in a coastal landscape. Discovery Programme Monograph No. 5
Nearby in the register
- Causewayunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Pier/Jettyunder 1 mi
- Pier/Jettyunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.