Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Yellow Walls (Castleknock By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Yellow Walls (Castleknock By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Weir
- Coordinates
- 53.36835, -6.43498
- SMR number
- DU017-076----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
The Civil survey (1654-6) mentions the fishery belonging to Luttrelstown (Simington 1945, 230-1). This was probably located where the present weir is on the River Liffey (Went 1954, 53).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Went, A.E.J.. 1954 Fisheries of the River Liffey. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 84, 41-58.
Nearby in the register
- Icehouseunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.