What is recorded here
Stone walls still angle across the Ballyurnanellan shore, marking a medieval fish trap that turned tidal chaos into dinner. The stones did not demand human strength; they used the sea itself to force silver into a narrow kill. People likely watched the water climb and fell, waiting for the trap to do its brutal work.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as STONE FISH TRAP. Recorded period: MEDIEVAL. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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