Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
River Blackwater, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- River Blackwater
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fish Weir
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not idicated
- Coordinates
- 51.99483, -7.88547
- SMR number
- WA037-012----
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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
Four weirs are enumerated in the N-S River Blackwater between Ballynatray and Templemichael in 1602, and two are specifically associated with the manor of Ballynatray in 1604 (Went 1946, 181). The location is uncertain but a fish weir is recorded on a Bateman map of 1717 (NLI: ms. 6148, 1) and also on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map at he point where the W-E Glendine River joins the Blackwater.
Went, A. E. J. (1946) Irish fishing weirs. JRSAI, vol. 76. 176-194.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 07 October 2011
References
Went, A.E.J. 1946 Irish fishing weirs I. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 76, 176-95.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.