Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Salt works
Dublin North City, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dublin North City
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- DU019-031----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The process of recovering salt from sea water was in use at Clontarf in the 17th century. There were evaporation beds on the shoreline near the landward end of the Bull Wall (De Courcy 1996, 348). The exact location of these evaporation beds is unknown.
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