What is recorded here

Weir is a U-shaped fishtrap on the north bank of the Shannon estuary beside Bush Island in County Clare. Its narrow southern end and broader mouth suggest water was forced through a tight space where people could take what the river carried. A short post-and-wattle fence still leads toward it, as if directing both fish and memory into the same place.

On the N bank of the Shannon estuary adjacent to Bush Island. Described by O’Sullivan (2001, 301) as a possibly medieval ‘U-shaped post structure in bank of creek on upper foreshore, NW of Bush Island, oriented N-S, 3.6m long, 1.8m wide (at mouth), 80cm wide at S end. A vertical post-and-wattle fence, 2m long, leads to this structure from NW. Possible medieval fishtrap, similar in form to Bunratty 4. July 2000.' (O'Sullivan 2001, 203-204, 300, Bush Island 4) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 21 August 2019

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