Weir in Monard, County Cork (20906307)

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What is recorded here

Dressed limestone weir, built c. 1790, on Blarney River.

One of a group of interesting structures associated with Monard and Coolowen Ironworks. Weir powered mill now converted to house, part of spade and shovel manufacturing enterprise established by Abraham Beale in the late eighteenth century. Closed late as 1960. Interesting feature in landscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20906307

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Photo credits

National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Blarney GAA & Camogie official club page; individual photographer not stated, blarneygaa.clubzap.com
Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.ru
Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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