Weir - fish

The National Monuments Service's description

A post and wattle structure, probably a fishtrap, excavated by Ian Doyle as part of the Kilkenny Flood Relief scheme on the W bank of the Nore directly underneath the existing John's Bridge (NIAH 12000229) and adjacent an abutment of the preceding 1772 bridge (KK019-026070-) (Doyle 2004, 28-9; 2006, 271-2). Two collapsed post-and-wattle fences, probably representing a N-S orientated V-shaped fishtrap (estimated total dims. L 4.8m x W 1m), were exposed and excavated. Two timber samples from the structure produced radiocarbon dates of 755-400 BC and 755-403 BC. The structure continued beneath the W bank.

Compiled by: Cóilín Ó Drisceoil

Date of upload: 12 November 2020

References

Doyle, I.W. 2006 John’s Bridge, Rose Inn Street/John’s Street, Kilkenny (NOR 11), Kilkenny: medieval and post-medieval bridge remains. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2003, summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, no. 1022, 271-2. Bray. Wordwell.

Doyle, I.W. 2004 River Nore (Kilkenny City) drainage scheme: archaeological excavations at John's Bridge, Kilkenny 2001-3. Unpublished report. Margaret Gowen and Co. Ltd.