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Pier/Jetty in Portdrine,river Shannon

Pier/Jetty
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On the N bank of the Shannon estuary adjacent to the townland of Portdrine. Described by O’Sullivan (2001, 305) as a possibly medieval ‘stone-built slipway or jetty running down foreshore from rock outcrop across foreshore to channel, oriented NW-SE, 32m long, 0.5-1m high, 3m wide. Located c. 30m W of creek which flows out to the S of Portdrine. Built of regular limestone slabs laid as a double kerb with a rubble infill, possible robbed out for construction of later sea wall. March 1999.' (O'Sullivan 2001, 208-9, 305, O’Brien’s Point 4) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 August 2019

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