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Weir - fish

Hoddersfield, County Cork, Ireland

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Townland
Hoddersfield
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.80427, -8.31317
SMR number
CO099-111----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Described by Colm Chambers as 'a series of wooden stakes in the mudflats of the Owenabue estuary between Carrigaline and Crosshaven in the townland of Hoddersfield, County Cork. A 20m to 30m section of the structure is visible 10m to 30m from the shore. There are perhaps 20-30 roundwood stakes measuring between 10cm and 15cm in diameter and projecting 20cm to 30cm above the mudflat. I sent Aidan O'Sullian of UCD photographs of this structure and he said it is "almost certainly a fishtrap [...] it looks medieval (10th-15th century)".

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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