Overview
harbour/dock/port — Lecarrow is recorded as harbour/dock/port in Roscommon. L-plan harbour, c.1850, constructed on mill river leading from Blackbrick Bay to the corn mill at Lecarrow. Random coursed walls to harbour with limestone slabs to edge and cast-iron mooring posts.
Why it was built
The saved account records: L-plan harbour, c.1850, constructed on mill river leading from Blackbrick Bay to the corn mill at Lecarrow.
People and work
The saved account records: Random coursed walls to harbour with limestone slabs to edge and cast-iron mooring posts.
How it changed
The saved account records: Limestone steps leading to lower cut stone platform to south.
What survives
The saved account records: Limestone steps descending to water to north.
Why it mattered
harbour/dock/port — Lecarrow matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: Lecarrow harbour, still used by those navigating the Shannon, is representative of nineteenth-century construction feats associated with inland waterways. Its proximity to the corn mill at Lecarrow and adjacent stone quarries allowed raw and processed materials to be transported by water. As such the harbour played an important role in the area's industry and commerce. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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- bridge — Lecarrowbuilding0.1 miles
- Lecarrow Millbuilding0.1 miles
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