Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Weir - fish
Island (forth By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Island (forth By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29783, -6.41116
- SMR number
- WX043-017----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
An intertidal survey (19D0034) of Wexford Harbour was conducted by aerial drone and identified numerous features including two fish-traps which were subsequently inspected at a low spring tide. This feature consists of two lines of posts (L 34m) with 14 and 13 posts (diam. 7-8cm; H 1-30cm) aligned NE-SW. A few posts are perceptibly taller (H 1.2m). The lines are 4.4m apart at SW, narrow to 2.2m at the centre and are 5.8m apart on the seaward side. Hazel rods intertwining between the posts are intermittently visible as are collapsed panels. (Bangerter 2019, 32-3)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 November 2020
References
Bangerter: R. 2019 Drone Survey and Intertidal Inspection, River Slaney estuary and Wexford Harbour. Licences: 19D0034; 19R0085. Unpublished report: ADCO.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.