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Weir in Palmerstown Lower

Weir
Weir in Palmerstown Lower
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What is recorded here

V-shaped weir on the River Liffey, c. 1760. Limestone rubble sluice on west bank with remnants of iron sluice gate fittings.
The mill weir is an attractive feature of the river and part of a group of local mill structures that are an important element of the social heritage of the Palmerstown area.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11203027

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Photo credits
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Laurel Lodged, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Pier Paolo Lisarelli, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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