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Weir — fish in Bush Island (islands By.),river Shannon

Weir — fish
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Situated c. 260m E of Bush Island on the Shannon Estuary. Described by O’Sullivan (2001, 302) as a post-medieval ‘C-shaped post-and-wattle fence (double row of posts with downstream braces) on W bank of creek on upper foreshore, 50 to SW of Bush Island 12. Oriented E-W, 47m long; mouth faces upstream to catch fish on ebbing tide. A horizontal post-and-wattle panel (2m E-W, 1m N-S) is buried in clays 6m to E of fence. July 2000.’ (O’Sullivan 2001, 206, 302, Bush Island 13) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 5 June 2019

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