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On the E shore of Canon Island in the Fergus Estuary. Described by O’Sullivan et al. (2010) as follows: ‘The possible remains of a fishweir are located on the eroding med on the eastern shore of Canon Island, not far from where the ruins of the abbey lie. It consists of just two stakes c. 10m apart. These were probably used to hold a net or possibly are the remains of a more substantial wooden structure. The former is more likely given the nature of the other possible fishweirs found in the immediate vicinity. One of the stakes was sampled and this was identified as alder wood. One piece was submitted and returned a date of Cal. AD 1261-1288 (731+/-19BP).Two large timbers lie beside one of the stakes and it is not known if these are connected to the structure.’ (O’Sullivan et al. 2010, Appendix 1, 60-61, Canon Island 9)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 9 October 2019
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