Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Ballygriffin (ballygriffin Par.),mantlehill Great, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygriffin (ballygriffin Par.),mantlehill Great
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Mill Weir
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.51302, -7.98002
- SMR number
- TS060-077----
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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
According to the Civil Survey (1654-6) the townland of Ballygriffin has two weirs for fishing (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 8). On the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map the E-W weir is depicted crossing the River Suir N and S of an island in the middle of the river and is called 'Mill Weir'. The two sections of the weir are indicated on the 2nd (1903-04) ed. as narrow islands which do not completely cross the river. The weir is not visible above the surface of the water, though it is likely that a large portion of the weir has been incorporated in the present island which consists of the smaller islands depicted on the 1st and 2nd ed. OS maps and intervening channels which have been infilled.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 27 October 2015
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1934 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. II: county of Tipperary - Western and Northern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
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