Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - regulating
Kilteasheen,knockvicar, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilteasheen,knockvicar
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Eel Weir
- Latest-edition OS map
- Weir
- Coordinates
- 54.00088, -8.20021
- SMR number
- RO006-014----
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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
In the W-E Boyle River. There is a reference to a weir in this general part of the river in 1583-4 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 273), but there is no visible surface evidence of an antiquity. The present weir was built in 1848 by the Commissioners for the improvement of the Navigation of the River Shannon. Any older weirs were removed at that time.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Nearby in the register
- Kilnunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical residenceunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.