Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Newtown (pubblebrien By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown (pubblebrien By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.66582, -8.78574
- SMR number
- LI004-032002-
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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
A post-and-wattle structure (L 2.5m) lying horizontal in estuarine clays. A similar structure nearby (LI004-032001-) was radiocarbon date to 18th century (O'Sullivan 2001, 308).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 February 2013
References
O'Sullivan, A. 2001 Foragers, farmers and fishers in a coastal landscape. Discovery Programme Monograph No. 5
Nearby in the register
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.