What is recorded here
Pier, begun 1822; in progress 1824; "perfect" 1830, on a cranked L-shaped plan with seaweed-covered granite ashlar battered walls having cut-granite coping. Set extending into An Sáilín [Saleen Harbour].
A pier erected to a design by Alexander Nimmo (1783-1832), Engineer to the Western District (appointed 1822; replaced 1831), representing an integral component of the early nineteenth-century built heritage of Contae Mhaigh Eo [County Mayo].
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Places near here
Enclosure in An Geata MórEnclosure · 1.0 mi
Trá Bhéal DoireBeach / strand · 1.5 mi
Lacht air IorraisEnclosure · 1.6 mi
Church (in Ruins)Church · 1.7 mi
Barranagh Castle in RuinsCastle, unclassified · 1.9 mi
Oileán BearanachIslet · 2.0 mi
Cross Abbey (in Ruins)Religious house, Augustinian canons · 2.1 mi
Trá na CroiseBeach / strand · 2.3 mi
Gob an ChloiginnHeadland · 2.3 mi
Oileán ChloigeannIslet · 2.7 mi
Cuan an Fhóid DuibhBay · 3.7 mi
Bawn in Tearmann CaithreachBawn · 4.1 miOther information
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