Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Strancally, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Strancally
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WA034-063----
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to an inquisition of 1604 a salmon weir on the River Blackwater at Strancally was owned by Sir Walter Raleigh (Went 1946, 181). It remains unlocated.
Went, A. E. J. (1946) Irish fishing weirs. JRSAI, vol. 76. 176-194.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 05 October 2011
References
Went, A.E.J. 1946 Irish fishing weirs I. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 76, 176-95.
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