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Port Oriel

Pier/jetty
Port Oriel
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Port Oriel in Clogher puts a great concrete storm wall against the sea, then provides steps down to the water. ‘You’re not coming in. I’ll come out to you.’ A harbour built on the principles of a row outside a chip shop.

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Concrete pier, built c. 1900. Rectangular-plan, projects northwards into sea, currently being extended to east, stepped storm wall to east. Mass concrete construction. Concrete steps to west giving access to water. Random rubble breakwater to east. Concrete dock to south-west. Located on north side of Clogher Head with harbour (Port Oriel) to west.
This pier is an example of the early use of concrete in large engineering projects. Possibly located on the site of a previous pier, it continues to play an important part in Clogher Head's fishing industry.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 13902209

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Pictures: Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; code poet, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kieran Campbell, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · CC BY-SA 3.0; Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Karora, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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