Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Kilbixy, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbixy
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WM011-158----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of the medieval fish weirs within the townland of Kilbixy has not been identified. In 1476-7 Kilbixy was held by Thomas Nangle, baron of Navan, who complained that the issues of his lands there and the fish from his weirs called the "great weir" and the "castle weir" on the river Inny were being illegally taken away by members of the Dalton family. (Bradley et. al. 1985, 106).
Rachel Barrett
Date of upload: 4 October 2010
References
Bradley, J., Halpin, A., and King, H. 1985 Urban archaeological survey - county Westmeath. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.