Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Keerhaun North,derryeighter, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keerhaun North,derryeighter
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.46802, -10.07470
- SMR number
- GA035-078----
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
Located in the intertidal zone between the western limits of Lough Athola and Mannin Bay to the south. This rectangular fish trap (c. 7.5m E-W; c. 3m N-S) is defined by stone walls and it is visible on Google Earth aerial imagery taken on 25 February 2006 (accessed 7 December 2018). It was in use until relatively recently (information from Michael Gibbons, 15 November 2018).
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 7 December 2018
Nearby in the register
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.