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Weir — fish in River Fergus

Weir — fish
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Situated in the middle of the tidal Fergus Estuary, N of the archipelago of islands. Described by O’Sullivan et al. (2010) as follows: ‘Boarland Rock 5 is a V-shaped weir. The two lines of fences are c. 15m long and meet to form a S-SE orientated funnel. The fences are more complete than Boarland rock 3 and 4 and in some parts two rows are visible. No horizontals are evident. A sample of wood from the weir has produced a calibrated radiocarbon date of AD 1222-1277 (769 +/- 23 BP).’ (O’Sullivan 2010, Appendix 1, 38, Boarland Rock 5) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 9 October 2019

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