What is recorded here
Quay or wharf in Roscam has rough limestone posts poking through the grass, just enough to tempt a grand theory about ancient rituals. Then somebody ties a boat to your chief priest.
Irregular-plan quay, built c.1840, having rubble limestone walls to north and south, and grassy surface, with roughly hewn limestone mooring posts.
This simply designed and built quay reflects the former importance of commercial maritime activity in Galway Bay and remains an attractive landmark in the locality. One of several quays and piers in the South Galway area, it would have been important for fishing and seaweed gathering in the nineteenth century.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30409425
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