Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Pier/Jetty
Rinemackaderrig, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rinemackaderrig
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.60184, -9.70494
- SMR number
- CL065-128----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated c. 70m from Carrigaholt beach and some 600m W of Carrigaholt castle (CL065-100001-). A pier is indicated and named on a map included in ‘The second report of the commissioners for the improvement of the navigation of the river Shannon (Manby 1837)’ cited in Chapple (2001, 16-18). The pier appears on the map as a curving, almost horseshoe-shaped structure (c. 49.8m NE-SW; c. 33m E-W) but it may not be true either to shape or size. The positioning of the pier would have provided limited shelter to the NE, while any ships anchored there would have been completely exposed to the SE. The pier is referred to by Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 228) who states that ‘Capt. Manby…recommended that a small pier should be extended from the spot called Lord Clare’s Pier, (which was formed in 1608 but has gone to decay)’. The pier may have been in too poor a state to be included in the 1840 OS map of the area.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 11 February 2015
References
Chapple, R.M. 2001 Lord Clare's Pier 'has gone to decay': some notes on the location of an early 17th century quay at Carrigaholt. The Other Clare 25, 16-18.
Nearby in the register
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.