Canal in Annaghbeg, County Roscommon

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What is recorded here

Marked as a canal on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on the W bank of the NNE-SSW River Shannon. A short stretch of canal (L c. 150m; Wth 8-12m; D 1-1.5m) aligned NNE-SSW cuts off a small wooded bend in the river (max. dims c. 150m NE-SW; c. 35m NW-SE) where there may have been shallows. This is part of the Lough Allen canal which was commenced by Col. Charles Tarrant after 1787 (Delaney 1992, 52). The work ceased shortly afterwards, although this portion was completed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record RO007-063001

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