What is recorded here

Eel Weir is a stone fish trap on the Camoge River in County Limerick, linked to a nearby watermill and marked on an 1840 map. It may occupy the site of medieval eel weirs owned by Lady Anne Southwell during the 1654-56 Civil Survey. The structure still appears in modern satellite images, suggesting continuous human use along this river boundary.

On the S bank of the Camoge River that marks the townland boundary with Monaster North. Monasteranenagh Abbey (LI031-050004-) 665m to SE. One of three weirs (LI031-125002/004-) associated with a watermill (LI031-125003-) 65m to NE. Annotated ‘Eel Weir’ on the 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Not depicted on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick recorded that Lady Anne Southwell was the owner in Ballymacsradeen of, ‘half a plowland with two Eele Weares [LI035-125004-]’ (Simington 1938, 371). Stone weir visible on OSi orthophoto taken between 2005-12 and on Google Earth orthoimage dated 14/02/2020 may have been built on site of medieval eel weir. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Martin Fitzpatrick Date of upload: 1 April 2021

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