Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Ballycorkey, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycorkey
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Eel Weir
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62339, -7.53208
- SMR number
- WM006-081----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Annotated 'Eel Weir' on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch map where it is depicted on the E side of the river immediately beside the Site of Ballycorkey Castle (WM006-041----). Ballycorkey Bridge stands 140m NE. No surface remains visible of this eel weir which now stands on dry land as the channel of the Inny River was narrowed considerably during the mid 19th-century OPW drainage works.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 18 October 2022
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.